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Biography

Two of my passions are writing and reading, and I absolutely love developing great characters. But how did I get interested in France and The Three Musketeers? ------------- -------------------------------------------------- When I was 7 years old, I started taking French at L’Ecole Française, in Columbus, Ohio. Their theme was a partial immersion and having native speakers teaching French to all kids enrolled at the school. So, you might say, this is where I first started learning about France and became fascinated by its people and its culture. ------ ---------------------------------------- In the summer of my junior year in college I finally was able to make one of my dreams come true and go to Cannes, France. I also got more ideas for books and felt even closer to my personal favorite, Alexandre Dumas.------------ --------------------------------------------------------- I had just finished For Honor and the second novel, Gambit For Love of a Queen, before I got to France. Naturally I ended up tweaking them some after I got back from France. I also started on Righting Time and eventually went on to finish Out of Phase. When I start writing, I can’t stop, and the stories just flow onto the computer screen. ------- ------------------------------------------------- When I’m not writing, I’m running, and I helped my high school team win the 1990 state cross-country championship. I continued my running in college where I became acquainted with Tim Duncan and Marc Blucas. I was on the Wake Forest Track Team for three years with Andy Bloom who won 4th place in the shot in the Olympics in Sydney in 2000. It really is a small world. ------------- ------------------------------------------------ I am still passionate about my writing, playing piano, fencing, running, being active in church, and teaching French in Las Vegas Green Valley High School. In case you haven’t noticed, I like to be busy, very busy. -------- ------------------------------------------------ Personally, I consistently strive to accentuate the positive and to leave my corner of the world a little better place than when I came to it.

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