About Me

I was born and raised in Mount Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There was never any question that I would be a nurse when I grew up. And beginning in about the seventh grade, there was no question that I'd launch that nursing career in the military. After graduating from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, I entered the Army Nurse Corps. That was in 1972, just as the Vietnam War was winding down. My first duty station was Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. That is where I met my husband, Keith. My duties included caring for repatriated prisoners of war. True Colors is partly based on those memorable experiences.

I think I had a writer lying dormant inside me early on. But that alter ego only emerged when I was in my 30s, living in Hawaii, nursing part time, married and raising four children-a great time to take on the Herculean effort of writing a novel!

Since 1986 I have lived in my adopted state of Colorado. My children are grown, mostly married off, and have given me four adorable grandchildren.

I am a member of a federal medical disaster team, and was deployed twice to the Gulf Coast after the hurricanes of '05. I also volunteer at the Rocky Mountain USO, helping to serve those who serve us.

For fun, excitement and great workouts, I take classes in Krav Maga (Hebrew for Contact Combat). KM is the official self-defense and fighting system of the Israeli Defense Forces.