With my debut novel, Shallow Waters, I introduced a thrilling new mystery series set in my native state of Oregon, alongside our rugged Pacific coast. The second installment, Midnight Beach, continued the excitement with a story based on a real-life crime. Now it's time for the third book in the series, Code: Tsunami, which I desperately hope is NOT based on a real-life future event.

I was born in the southwest corner of Oregon in a small town not unlike my fictional Port Stirling, and now live in Estacada, Oregon, with my charming husband, Steve, a technology entrepreneur.

I've enjoyed a long career in corporate communications in such varied industries as tourism, healthcare, and sports. Since 2000, I've owned Paris Communications, a marketing, PR, and publishing firm. Some career highlights include the development of an internal newspaper for Nike, Inc., the Nike World Record, which was translated into eight languages and distributed to all Nike employees around the world. I'm also proud of my writing and coaching role at [...], a sports website, where my focus was college and NFL football.

Like many Oregonians, I'm passionate about gardening, and earned Master Gardener status. A true plant nerd, I'm obsessively zealous about growing vegetables, although with 39 mostly-David Austin roses, one could also make the case that I'm a tiny bit obsessed with roses, too.

I love the outdoors, particularly in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, and I'm happiest hiking, playing golf, and enjoying the beaches, rivers, and lakes.

A determined, avid traveler since my teens, I've visited dozens of countries around the world. While every place has its charms if you look hard enough, I include Scotland, the Galapagos Islands, Switzerland, Maui, and France's Dordogne region among her favorites. High on my post-Covid travel list currently are the Shetland Islands and New Zealand.

Book 4 in my Port Stirling series will be published in early 2022.

Thank you for reading!