Kicking back with a good book and my baby booties.
Hi there!
I was born in Cincinnati – home to the flying pig and Skyline Chili. My childhood included piles and piles of books, an imaginary friend named Jeff, and a love for creating stories. Interestingly, this mirrors my adult life, minus the imaginary friend. I wrote my first story when I was six years old. It was about a bear named Corduroy who needed to find his pocket. Creative, huh? It did get my first award, though – a gold star sticker from my mom.
My First Award-Winner
Now, I write more original stories about awesome kids who just might save the world, sparkly socks and electric bagpipes, and witches and ghosts. To be honest, I’ve never actually seen a ghost but I do work with middle school students on a daily basis which can be just as scary.
Suffers from Spoiled-Dog Syndrome.
When I’m not reading, writing or teaching, I’m declaring my love of chips and salsa, meatloaf (both the food and the singer), and excessive exclamation points to all. I currently live in Ohio with my husband and our stinky (but noble) English bulldog, Oliver.
Want to know more? Here are a few of my favorite things:
Food: Pizza – the more pepperoni the better! I also love anything spicy.
Movie: Goonies (Goonies never say die!) and The Sandlot (For-ev-ver!)
Book series: Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Book: Holes by Louis Sachar and Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Joke: Why did the cyclops have to close down his school? He only had one pupil! (Har, har – I should probably stick to writing)