I was born in New York City and grew up there and in Western Massachusetts. Five years ago, my husband and I, our two children and our two black labs left New York and moved to the Chicago area.

I received my undergraduate degree and my M.A. in art history. Since graduate school I've worked as a museum lecturer, and have taught art, art history, and French.

I first began writing fiction while pursuing my master's degree. My first novel, Ride a Dark Horse, filled most of a spiral bound notebook. I was running out of pages when my wonderful husband presented me with a laptop for my birthday. It didn't take long for me to realize I far preferred writing love stories to cranking out term papers!

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