Biography

My favorite interest as a child was dinosaurs. I read about them, drew them, and studied them. It led me to volunteer for a dinosaur dig in Canada for two summers and get my degree in Geology. I no longer work as a geologist, but my love of science still shows through in many of the stories I write.

Biography

I was born in Ketchikan, Alaska. My dad was a soil scientist and he spent a lot of the time flying to small islands. My mother often traveled with him, taking her babies, my twin sister and me, along. That meant washing diapers in cold mountain streams and keeping food away from the bears. I think she was very adventuresome.

We moved a lot throughout the West but I spent my summers with my grandparents in Wisconsin. They were biologists and studied birds so they shared their home with eagles, owls, and hawks. I learned to band marsh hawks and kestrel chicks, raise baby owls and take care of a variety of wildlife.

My grandparents lived in a very old farm house with an outhouse and no running water. The best part was the pond.

My husband and I met in college and rode our bicycles across America, from the Pacific to the Atlantic. We knew we would live happily together after a journey like that. We continue our love of traveling but are now in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Dave works very hard with me on my stories, sharing ideas and offering great suggestions.