Writing about myself is a lot harder than writing about my characters and their lives. Mine is nowhere as exciting . . . wait. I take that back, because it is!

No, I don't work for a crime-fighting organization or a fashion empire, but I make my living doing exactly what I want to do. I write. Though it wasn't always so . . .

I often read of or hear about authors who knew they were meant to tell stories from the time they left the crib. Me? I didn't decide what I wanted to be when I grew up until I was 30! I then sold my first book in 1993 at the age of 34.

Still, it was obvious that I always knew I was going places.

And I do vividly remember two writing projects from junior high.