As a younger member of a family with eight children and a twin,I have always been a communicator.Thus,writing is a natural outgrowth of that skill/curse. Additionally, I have always been intrigued by people and the wacky things they do as well as how the unique variety of circumstances experienced by each of us ultimately crafts our story as it shapes our destiny.I want to share some of these stories. It took me years to formally arrive at the profession of author as I was distracted by a successful career in marketing for a couple of decades.In January 2016, I will publish my first Young Adult novel. I was most recently on of 12 applicants accepted into the national YA novel writing intensive sponsored through the Virginia E. Piper Writing Center.