The author was born in Buffalo, New York. At various times in her life she has worked as a Long-Distance Telephone operator, an office gofer, a school teacher, a student x-ray technician, an office manager, a secretary and an Assistant City Clerk/City Auditor. She has been writing poetry and short stories since she was 8 years and books since she was 22. In 1975, she moved to California and in 1990 moved to the small coastal town of Florence, Oregon. She lives there with her mother, a dog named Brandy and a cat named Miss Kitty.