Author, editor, writer, wordsmith, word nerd with a BA in English and a PhD in anthropology/linguistics at the University of New Mexico. Awarded an ITT Fellowship through the International Institute of Education (Fulbright Committee) and a member of Phi Kappa Phi for highest academic scholarship. Chief Editor of Tansa Systems AS that develops the text proofing systems and style guides for all major English publications internationally, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, Financial Times, China Daily, Times of India, The Economist, all Associated Press and Canadian Press papers, and many, many more. Past board member of numerous arts groups including Parents of the School of the Washington Ballet, Ballet 2000 (Washington Ballet), heritage group of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC. Many decades as an equestrian competing across the U.S. Professional member of Pen America. Multilingual, multicultural, currently living in Oslo, Norway.