I never decided to become a writer, I've just been one ever since I can remember. I'm told I was telling stories before I learned how to read.

In my early writing days I joined Romance Writers of America, entered the Golden Heart contest and won for best historical romance (secular). That book was contracted the same year, followed by two more with that publisher. But life took some turns for me and I ended up a single mom, rejoining the "real" working world. I didn't write for fifteen years.

Once life settled down again I knew I'd only write for the Lord, if I ever wrote again. The Lord did call me back to writing and since then it's been an adventure. I won the Noble Theme Award - American Christian Fiction Writer's predecessor to the Genesis award, and soon after received my first contract for a book set during the First World War.

On a personal note, I'm a wife to a wonderful husband, mom to three kids, one of whom has Fragile X Syndrome, a form of genetic mental retardation. The Lord never promised to spare us from trouble, so I'm deeply grateful He's there to see us through!