Thanks to all who entered the Tunnel of Mirrors Giveaway and congratulations to the winners. I'm looking forward to seeing what you think. If you enjoy it, please do recommend it to your friends. **** I was born in New York City - Brooklyn to be exact - and grew up in the New York area. I come from a family of competitive talkers and storytellers and I've always had a love affair with language and words. I'm drawn to the rhythm and music of spoken words, the way that words themselves make the stories they tell. Perhaps because I trained and briefly worked as an actress, I usually "hear" characters speak as I write. With that as a starting point, I've been a writer of one sort or another since childhood and I've worked as a journalist, copywriter, short story author and travel writer. I spent a year earning a Master's in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, studying with the respected author and writing mentor Malcolm Bradbury.