I'm a longtime journalist who worked in newspapers for more than a decade before dropping out of that business in 2010 (not the best year to be changing careers) and shifted to higher education marketing in 2011. My first book, "Goodbye, Butterfly: Murder, faith and forgiveness in a small Kansas town," began as a capstone paper in grad school in 2017. "Goodbye, Butterfly" was a passion project. I went to high school in nearby Burlingame when Brenda Keller was murdered in Dover in 1991. Not until I was 40 did I realize a higher power was imploring me to tell Brenda's story. After seven years of research, writing and editing, I'm excited to share my debut book!