I was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where some of the
intellectual ambiance must have seeped into my soul. As a kid I was
always reading, sometimes waking up at 5:00 am to read my
favorite books before going to school. My parents were continually
after me to "put down that book and go outside and play."
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I liked school and over the years I've returned to it often. My
resume lists multiple university degrees. I liked writing, so I turned
out a bunch of academic articles, as well as popular articles, books
& manuals. I spent a lot of years working as a university research
associate and grant writer in gerontology, and serving on boards and
committees evaluating programs and policies on aging.
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One of my degrees is in social work. To satisfy my community and
social activist leanings over the years, I've worked for various social
service agencies including Headstart, Hospice, non-profit hospitals,
and most recently, Boulder County Aging Services.
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My craving for artistic or creative expression has been the most
difficult to satisfy. Piano lessons and art classes—oops, I’d rather
not discuss those. And if you’re on my team for a game of
Cranium, you don’t want me humming the hidden song or sculpting
the secret object. (I am good at spelling words backwards, though.)
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But I've always had a craving to write fiction, especially mysteries,
which I've been hooked on as a reader since I started with Nancy
Drew at a very young age. So my mystery novel was in there,
working quietly in the background, biding its time until it finally
came to the top of my to-do list. The result is Too Near the Edge,
which gave life to Cleo, a Boulder-based grief therapist whose ability
to contact dead people gets her involved in solving a murder; and
Tyler, a dead surfer dude who gives Cleo cryptic and often
inscrutable advice.
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