I'm thrilled to be writing crime fiction, even though as yet, I'm unpublished. My work falls into the Christian suspense, romantic suspense, police procedural, and historical romantic suspense genres. I present often crusty Christian and ornery nonbelieving characters as they deal with life and death in a largely non-Christian urban setting.

I love crime fiction where the bad guys are really, really bad; but the good guys are smarter and better!!!

I'm super grateful to Cheryl Wyatt, whot told me to go for it...to Julia Allen for her critique of my work...to the wonderful authors at Steeple Hill who continue to encourage me...and to the members of my ACFW critique group.

I'm a SAHM, married for twenty three years to a great guy, truly! I live with my husband Joseph and daughters Alyssa (12) and Delayne (11). Both girls have pages here at ShoutLife.

My husband, a supervising social worker in a drug treatment program at one of Brooklyn's busiest city hospitals, offers a wealth of information for my writing. He's the "go to guy" on drug addiction, alcoholism, and how manic city hospital emergency rooms run, as well tidbits about "street life" he's learned from his clients.

Our home is in coastal Brooklyn (NYC) which is also the setting for my contemporary crime fiction novels. We live very near to, but not on, the Atlantic Ocean.