I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and have been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2008. From the time I could pick up a crayon, I spent the long, hot Texas summers trapped indoors, writing fiction.

As a child, I devoured and regurgitated the entire Ramona Quimby, Anne of Green Gables, and Little House on the Prairie series. Once I got a little older, I discovered the classics: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and anything by Jane Austen. Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers touched my tender heart at a formative age. I have a passion for voices from my native South: Maya Angelou, Harper Lee.

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