I was born in Chicago but grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature and attended UCLA English Graduate School before joining the Peace Corps in Micronesia. On the island of Pohnpei, I taught Art and Photography at the Community College of Micronesia as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Afterwards I attended law school at University of California at Davis, then practiced appellate and constitutional law, doing juvenile, felony and capital appeals as well as trial work. I am now a full-time writer living in northern California. I've published short fiction, a children's adventure novel set in Micronesia, The Mystery of the Ancient Stone City and Boundaries: A Love Story. Weighing the Truth, my newest novel, is a character-driven legal suspense story about a female death penalty attorney facing personal challenges and increasing danger. Besides writing and reading, I enjoy painting, photography, and hiking in the redwoods.