I was born on a bitter cold morning in January 1945, in Wolf Point, Montana. My mother had come home from the west coast; my father was onboard the USS West Virginia somewhere in the South Pacific. How we ended up in Rockford, Illinois is complicated.

I knew I was destined to be a writer in grade school. When I graduated from high school, we had no money for college, so I went to work for my mother, who owned an advertising agency. I was the creative director, and she handled all the business. I wrote radio, television, newspaper ads, promotions, brochures, and did most of the production with various media. After 15 years, I transitioned to industrial communications; six years later, I took a job as a newspaper for the Beloit Daily News in Beloit, Wisconsin.

I “retired” in 1995 to freelance full time. I wrote medical articles and features for the Northwest Quarterly Magazine’s three issues as well as continuing to write for the Beloit Daily News. Then I contracted with Rosen Publishing Group/New York to write three nonfiction self-help books for teens. Now, finally, I have reached the point where I can write fiction novels. 

I also garden, cross stitch, do woodworking and miniatures in my spare time. 

Please visit my other pages to discover the four fiction books I have completed.