I think I’ve been reading and writing forever. I typed my first book on a manual Smith Corona when I was in sixth grade. It was called “A Little Bit of Me.” The only copy has been missing for years. Maybe someone's waiting for just the right time to sell it on eBay.

I grew up in the Jenkintown/Abington suburb of Philadelphia where my father had a camera business. I graduated from Elizabethtown College and later earned a master's degree in reading from Arcadia University. For over twenty years, I taught elementary school. It was during this time that I started imagining the characters in my first picture book, "Lasso Lou and Cowboy McCoy." (And no, they are not based upon former students...)

In 1998, my husband, son and I relocated to Cape May Court House, NJ, and I “retired” to be a full-time writer. In the fall of 2003, we moved to Cape Cod, MA. Some of my favorite things about this area are the Museum of Science in Boston, Plimouth Plantation, the Coast Guard Beach in Nauset and Ice Cream Sandwich (located on 6A in Sandwich) which has the best ever non-fat coffee health bar  frozen yogurt. Some of my favorite things (besides reading and writing) are chocolate chip cookies, going to the beach and playing games with my family. Their antics continue to supply me with writing inspiration. And what's even better - they usually laugh at my jokes.