ABOUT AOBC

Let’s see – I’ve always been a writer. I come from a family of writers. Since I was old enough to use a pencil I’ve written on scraps of paper, in notebooks, and probably even on the wall. (Don’t do that!) I wanted to be a poet—in fact, when I looked for the right college, I picked schools that had poetry programs. I ended up studying Russian history!

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What else?  My favorite food is Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream. Ice cream sandwiches are my second favorite, but I do love Thanksgiving dinner (except that weird cranberry-out-of-a-can slimy stuff.)

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​I live surrounded by woods, and if I travel about a half an hour I’m in mountains in all directions. Although I’ve hiked, canoed, cross-country skied, and camped in those mountains, I really enjoy sitting in an Adirondack chair with a blazing fire, a good book, and a cup of hot chocolate. I usually have a quilt across my lap. I’ve been quilting for years, and once upon a time had a weaving studio. I own my own business, volunteer with refugee children, and have a PhD in the study of leadership and psychology of the gifted.

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My favorite places to visit so far have been Yellowstone National Park, France, and the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. I’ve always been interested in the French Resistance, but I got the idea for Skylark and Wallcreeper when I talked to a nurse who had evacuated residents from her nursing home during Hurricane Sandy. I couldn’t stop thinking about it and kept writing and writing and writing. If you hear something that makes you go, “Huh! Really?” then write it down and build a story around it!