As one of eleven children I lived in several states before moving to my mother's birthplace, Western Australia. Returning to America, I attended Salisbury State University before joining my family in their new home, Carrigaholt, County Clare, Ireland. Moving back to Maryland, I taught fifth grade for one year before marrying my husband Steve and "retiring" to write.

We raised two wonderful sons John and Brian and equally wonderful twin daughters Bridget and Kathleen –- Brian graduated from Elon University, North Carolina, and the other three graduated from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, before starting lives of their own in North Carolina and California.

 My publishing credits include newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and four books about the American Civil War--my last book, Letters from Vinnie, has been optioned for a possible HBO miniseries. 

Currently, I'm promoting a new book--The Silver Soldier, a novel about Paul Revere. Also, I'm preparing a submission to an editor who  requested a novel I've written about the Irish famine and rebellion.

Meanwhile I'm continuing work on a fantasy called Doors, and researching the Civil War for a new book about a "bad guy" of that period--he'll remain nameless at this point (on the advice of my last publisher).