The Lübecker was written primarily on a breezy, inset porch of a large, white, lap-sided, 1912 house overlooking Pensacola Bay, so architecturally typical, but now, so frequently disappearing, before gentrification along the coastal South. While this setting recalled childhood memories that influenced the novel, I began constructing character apologues that ultimately inspired the development of…
I lost my brother to suicide. He took his life on his thirtieth birthday. Some people respond to such a tragedy by starting a foundation; others give presentations and workshops. As a writer, I did what writers do. I wrote a book that was first published in 1987 (Atheneum/Avon). Through the telling of others’ stories,…
As a child, I was drawn to the mysterious, the magical, and the unfathomable. As I grew older this interest grew, creating a thirst in me to know and understand human nature, the world surrounding it and the mysteries hidden behind the veils of space and time. Searching for answers, I began to study psychology,…
My inspiration for my Mitee Mite books was my daughter, Ava. I call her “the little mite” going back now to when she played Mite hockey years ago now. I have dedicated all of my Mitee Mite books and their apps to Ava. Mitee Mite is a young female superhero who learns lessons about dates…
The Story Behind the Book 