I don't live in Paris, but pretend I do. I don't, however, pretend to write. I'm at it all the time. Here's more ... I've attended writing residencies at Villa Montalvo for the Arts, Hedgebrook, Soapstone, Vermont Studio Center and Playa. My agent valiantly tried selling my novel PARALLEL CROSSINGS that I'm revising for another round to sympathetic editors. I just finished a novel, STEALING PARIS. I've been awarded the Monticello Award for Fiction and a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. I served as Associate Fiction Editor on "Northwest Review." When I say, “I’ll see you in the funny papers,” I'm not kidding. Jan Eliot, creator of the syndicated cartoon "Stone Soup," is my best pal, and she "borrowed" a few things from me, like my name, my hair, my attitude, and my love of Lycra. Someday I'll get even.

"Revenge in Paris" the first in a series called NOIR TRAVEL STORIES
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My short story “Dead Children” was published in SCENT OF CEDARS: THIRTY-TWO PROMISING WRITERS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A short memoir “Liberté” appeared in FRANCE, A LOVE STORY: WOMEN WRITE ABOUT THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE.

Oregon Writers Colony, Willamette Writers, Lane Literary Guild

I'm a member of LitChix a writer's group that has been going strong for 15 years.
I started a marketing group called the MGs because we're quick, sporty, fun and we hug the marketing road.