FORMER REGIONAL ADVISOR FOR SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS & ILLUSTRATORS (SCBWI) SWTEXAS CHAPTER 

I am pleased to announce that I have obtained agent representation by Kayla Cichello of Upstart Crow Literary Agency. For publishing inquiries, please contact Kayla at kayla@upstartcrowliterary.com

My latest historical fiction middle-grade novel, The Pecan Sheller is out and can be pre-ordered or bought at your local bookstore, Lerner Books, and Amazon. It was published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner.  

For book descriptions and to order books, click here.

I live in Texas but have also lived in Bangkok, Thailand and Okinawa, Japan. I come from a large, close-knit family where my sisters are my best friends.

My writing career took off when I entered a writing contest and was lucky enough to win an all-expense paid trip to New York where I attended a week-long writing workshop. It was a great experience.

I wrote nonfiction short stories and then ventured into children’s picture books. I now have a contract for a middle-grade novel that I have been working on for some time. I dabbled in poetry and had some of it published in anthologies. You never know what can happen when you take a leap of faith and enter a writing contest. Try it!

Memberships: Inductee at Texas Institute of Letters, LAS MUSAS, The Authors’ Guild , Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI),  Writers’ League of Texas, Texas Library Association (TxLA)