I'm just your average bookworm who likes to spend an embarrassing amount of time in make believe places. 

I've had many jobs from construction (I can drive a backhoe, tar and shingle a roof, and frame out a house) to waiting on tables, threading film through a projector, selling men's underwear (a talent, I tell you!), and managing horse farms.

In the writing world, I'm a three-time RWA Golden Heart finalist, and a recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship grant in Literature. I'm currently working on the sequel to my debut novel, and as 'Kelly Keaton', a new young adult series, debuting from Simon Pulse in Spring 2011.