Family Status: married with two grown daughters
What Is Your Favorite Beverage: wild cherry diet pepsi
What Is Your Favorite Food:It’s hard to pick just one. Favorite snack: Cheetos, Favorite meat: filet mignon, Favorite fruit: strawberries, Favorite veggie: broccoli, Favorite takeout: Pizza
What Is Your Favorite Thing to do During Free Time: play tennis or read
Who Has Been the Most Influential Person in Your Life: My mother. She read to me when I was young, not just short story books, but whole novels. That created a love for books.
First Book You Fell in Love With: Old Bones The Wonder Horse
A Book You Wish You’d Written: I’ve never wanted to have written someone else’s book, but I have wished to be able to evoke reader emotions like other authors I have read.
First Book Published: The Heart’s Homecoming, a 2005 Love Inspired
Most Recent Book: Book out now: My 2003 Golden Heart Winner, A Place to Call Home as in indie book
Next: Coming in January 2015 Second Chance Reunion, Love Inspired
How Many Have You Written: I wrote eight books before I sold one. The January 2015 book will be my 13th published book.
What Do You Know Now That You Wish You’d Known Then: Every writer has his or her own process when writing a book and his/her timeline for a career.
What is Your Favorite Bible Story: The story of Ruth
What is Your Favorite Bible Verse: Isaiah 40:29-31
What is Your Favorite Hymn: Old Time Hymn: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” New: “My Lighthouse”
What is an Ongoing Prayer Request You Have: For the health of my daughter who has Crohn’s disease
