About Me

I grew up in a small town in Michigan, and today I live in a small town in Texas. Small towns shaped me, and they show up in my stories through close communities, big hearts, and the kind of everyday courage you only notice when you slow down and really look.

I have loved reading for as long as I can remember. The first story I proudly read on my own was Robinson Crusoe, and I was hooked. These days my go-to genres are fantasy and science fiction, because they let wonder and hope collide with danger, discovery, and impossible choices.

All through my adult life I dreamed of writing a book of my own. I tried more times than I can count. I would write a few chapters, doubt myself, and quit. For a long while I honestly believed I might never finish anything.

Then something changed. Someone very dear to me lit the spark again. My cousin and I were thick as thieves from toddler years through high school, until life pulled us onto different roads. Years later I found out she had written a book. I was thrilled for her, and if I am being honest, a little jealous too. It made me wonder if that same creative fire was still in me somewhere. So I started again, this time with something simple and close to my heart, a children’s story I had carried for years, The Ballerina Duck. I finished it and published it. It might not have been monumental by the world’s standards, but it was monumental to me.

With my cousin’s encouragement and the rush of finally following through on a lifelong dream, I went on to write my first full-length novel, Ribbon Dancer: Awakened. The positive feedback gave me the courage to keep going, and I have not stopped since. I have a comedy coming February 1, 2026, another science fiction book after that, and the sequel to Ribbon Dancer, Old Souls, on the way.

Somewhere along the road, I realized something that still amazes me. I love writing just as much as I love reading.

If you have a dream, as I did, whether it is writing or something completely different, do whatever it takes to make it happen. Believe in yourself. No one else in the universe is better at being you than you are.