“The life I should be living had been mislaid through some clerical error by the cosmic bureaucracy,” wrote Lev Grossman and I would agree. Somehow, I ended up working in public administration even though I’ve always loved reading and writing. (OK, I love healthcare policy too. But still…)

I am now working to fix that astronomical clerical error and get paid for doing what I’ve loved for as long as I can remember: reading and writing.

According to family lore, my mom taught me to read when I was five years old because every night I would greet my exhausted mom in the corridor, opened book in hand. I have been reading all sorts of books ever since.

Before moving to a new place, I google to see whether there are a coffee shop, bookstore and library in the vicinity. I read fantasy, narrative non-fiction, mystery, classical literature though I am most often drawn to what George Orwell called the “good bad books.”

And when there is reading, there is writing. I love observing people and writing about them. Or writing about me. Or just plain writing.

When I am not reading and writing, I spend time with my husband, friends and pugs. If you hike in the Gold Country or Napa Valley, you may well run into me.

You can reach me via the Contact form above.