 Some of the books I loved when I was a kid – and still do!
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead From the Mixed-Up File of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L ‘Engle The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Half Magic by Edward Eager Little Women by Louisa May Alcott To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger |
BiographyBeing a writer was always on my list of about 500 other things I wanted to be when I grew up. In college I started out studying journalism, but soon discovered I liked adding shiny bits to all the stories, so switched to fiction. Right after college I got a job at a television station in Seattle, writing commercials and then TV shows. (I just skipped over the year and a half I first spent in the mail room -- see why I’m not a journalist?). I started doing some film work, too, and began to study screenwriting. I first wrote a screenplay about a woman who accidentally killed her grandmother (don’t look for it at a theatre near you) and then I wrote a mystery/adventure story for kids. This second story became the novel, How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found.
I live in Seattle with my husband and two sons. We all love to read. |
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