I was born in South Dakota and raised in the vastness and beauty of Montana on a farm. When I longed for the big city life, I moved to Texas where I attended college and eventually received a PhD in nursing. When not nursing people back to health you can find me huddled over my Mac writing the stories that have occupied my mind for so many years, or traveling with my best friends, the NOLA’s, riding bikes across the Golden Gate bridge or exploring botanical gardens. I am the proud mother of a champion triathlete, two aging dogs and 1 grand-cat and grand-dog. I love to garden, run 5k’s, eat chocolate, and spend time with my friends. I am a hopeless romantic and a persistent optimist! I am a crazy fanatical follower of Walking Dead, but scare myself by reading Stephen King. I confess to a huge coffee addiction and swear that my two hour coffee crawl while on vacation in Seattle –was the best two hours of my life!