About Me

I've been writing since I was little kid. An assignment in fourth grade - writing a children's picture book - helped spur my interest.

I wrote for myself during my middle school and high school and never thought about becoming a published author. Then as an adult I took a community education class with my sister on writing children's books and this started my career in writing children's stories and attempting to get them published.

My sister had also taken a course through the Institute of Children's Literature, so I decided to pursue this too.

Eventually I joined the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

I've had one article on bald eagles published in Stories for Children.

I am still working to get a book published.

I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Ornithology from the University of Minnesota. I worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 33 years and retired as a Wildlife Biologist that specialized in Bald Eagles and migratory birds.

Some of my other interests are bird watching, nature photography, growing and studying native plants, and growing tropical orchids.

I live on a lake in the middle of a National Forest in northern Minnesota with my husband and Maltese.