Hi, readers! I’m an Amazon #1 bestseller and an award-winning author. I’ve spent 15+ years teaching multiple subjects to middle school students. I love to teach as much as I love to write. My students inspire me!I love words so much that I tried to read the dictionary when I was 12. I reached the Bs, before I gave up, but my love for words continues. I write gripping tales with colorful characters.I graduated from the Humanities Honors Program at U.C. Irvine and earned my MFA in Creative Writing and MA in English from Chapman University. To be honest, travels and travails have taught me the most about life and storytelling. If you like the free prequels to Wine Valley Mystery series (Merlot and Murder, Beaunoir and Blood) available at BookSweeps, I hope you’ll step deeper into the vineyards with me and enjoy other deliciously wicked tales. If you want to connect personally, email me at [email protected], stop by my FB author’s page, or join my FB readers’ group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/231602301050632/ Thanks for taking the time to get to know me!