I am a writer and college writing instructor in Asheville NC. My latest mainstream novel, However Long the Night, published by Eternal Press in February 2012, has won two awards already and is currently a finalist in the romantic suspense category of the 2012 Readers Favorite Awards—winners to be announced in September. My previous novels include the thrillers, Killing Castro, published by Eternal Press in January 2010, and Top Secret, published by Eternal Press in 2009. I am now hard at work on a third thriller, Twin Powers, with estimated publication in 2013, and another mainstream novel, Havana Blues in Onyx, with anticipated publication in 2014. A member of MENSA, I am the ex-regional director of Florida Writers Association’s Western North Carolina division and the founder of AWE (Asheville Writing Enthusiasts). I love sports and have won many prizes competing in track and show-jumping equestrian events. I live with my family in Asheville, North Carolina.