More About Me

I was born in Toronto, Canada, moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts when I was just 6 weeks old, and have lived most of my adult life in Washington, DC (the actual city - not the suburbs!).  I am a lawyer by profession but a musician and writer at  heart.  I always loved creative writing but it was not until my sophomore year in college that I realized I love writing for children in particular.  I joined a group of Brown University students who had formed a Group Independent Study Project to study children’s literature with award winning children's writer Natalie Babbitt as the group's advisor. As part of the course, I began writing The Tuddleby Trait. 

 

Over the years that followed, I continued to revisit and edit The Tuddleby Trait, seeking feedback from my children and their friends once they were old enough to read it.  In 2021, I completed the book with the help of my wonderful editor, Kellie Hultgren, and amazingly talented illustrator, Aliza Horowitz, and quickly decided that Tommy Tuddleby's story was far from complete.  Thus began a new writing project:  Book 2 of The Tuddleby Tales trilogy: Return to Rhian, which was released in 2024.  

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I am grateful to have the support of my family so that I could make the dream of publishing The Tuddleby Trait and now Return to Rhian a reality, and I am excited to soon be working on Book 3, which will complete the adventures of Tommy Tuddleby.