I’ve loved books ever since I was about three years old and my dad would gather me and my older brothers around him and read The Little House on the Prairie series. When I began reading on my own, I went to the public library and checked out 20 books at a time that had to last me for a week. But I’d have finished them by the next day! I soon realized that maybe 1st grade readers maybe weren’t the best fit. I started checking out adult books--Sidney Sheldon, Judith Krantz, Danielle Steele... I wasn't a book snob. In fact, I still love a good trashy beach read.

I was a pretty good writer during school, but I never wanted to be a writer. For a good ten years of my life, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I would doodle my designs during class while getting A+ after A+ on writing assignments. I guess I was in denial about where fate wanted to take me!

It took a bad job rearranging socks in a department store to realize I was on the wrong path in life. After a little soul searching that included being the “Book Goddess” at an independent bookstore and working at a New York fashion magazine, I realized that writing fiction was where my heart was.

Black Tuesday came out in Summer 2007; I'm currently working on edits for my second book about a girl who wins the lottery. That's slated to come out in 2009.