Ten long years had passed since I said “good-bye” to Mother and moved with my husband to California to minister in churches. Living in the same town as my mother had afforded us opportunities to travel together, enjoy craft fairs, shopping, and many other activities. After moving away, our home visits were too short and…
The inspiration for The Logic Bomb was my own life as a trial lawyer and some of the interesting people I met and stories I heard over the thirty-five years of my career. I hung up my shingle straight out of law school and, out of necessity, took practically any kind of case that crawled…
History has always fascinated me and ancient history even more so. This is where held melds in with fantasy, where facts get mixed up with mythology. This is the realm of legends, and still it is about the lives of people who once lived and breathed and walked our earth. I grew up in Pakistan…
I had just finished my second book, Journey in Time, which was a romance. I was in the process of researching my next book, a romantic thriller set in Turkey, at an archaeological site near Troy. I’d put my research material away for the night and put in the DVD of Phantom of the Opera,…
The Mark on Eve, is a tale of a woman bewitched in Colonial America whose pirate lover’s ship went down off Cape Cod. Eve is alive today, her secret in tact, helping the female governor of California run for president until her act of saving the governor from an assassination attempt could reveal Eve’s secret…
The book Escape Through the Wilderness was birthed out of my passion to teach young emerging leaders principles related to life and leadership. My unique background and credentials include a season in the U.S. Army where I was the youngest drill sergeant in the Army’s history at age 18 (Pentagon confirmed), a jungle expert (trained…
Much like the structure of my novels, the story behind the story is a three part adventure … Part I: Chance Encounter Back in college I ran into a guy I knew a little bit, but not well. Scott. I was in the classroom building, and Scott asked me what I was up to. I…
Behind my novel is the image of a woman who is strong, fiercely independent, ambitious, intelligent and attractive to both men and women, but who is at the same time a profoundly imperfect and flawed human being. From the beginning, Ximena Godoy has been more an idea than flesh and blood, and I confess that…
Most people have a distinct reaction when you mention Marilyn Monroe. Whether it’s about her involvement with JFK or how she died, people often launch into their opinion on Marilyn. Few celebrities achieve the legendary status Marilyn has maintained for half a century. Her longevity has always intrigued me, because during her hay-day, critics weren’t…
Once upon a time HarperCollins decided to do something different and send out open call for previously unpublished scifi and fantasy novels. When the call came out I was busy with several projects in the small press and self publishing world, but I did have an old manuscript sitting in a drawer. I polished it…
The Story Behind the Book 