I write and speak to infuse courage into the soul-weary. If you catch me with a dreamy look, I'm probably either wandering the byways of ancient Britain in my imagination, or wishing for a cup of coffee.I have a pretty typical author origin story: scribbling tales in blank books as a child, melodramatic short stories as a teen and young adult, and lots of lyrics as a singer/songwriter. I also fell in love with history as a child, enjoying living-history museums and reading through the history shelf in the children’s library. In sixth grade, passions intersected and produced a sixteen-stanza ballad for a school project (“Eleanor of Aquitaine, Born into a duke’s domain…” May God bless you for your patience, Mrs. Haynes.) My first crushes were Daniel from The Bronze Bow and Johnny Tremain. The first season of my adulthood involved homeschooling my kids, developing and teaching Bible studies, doing some speaking, and writing just for myself. After my kids graduated high school, I got serious about a writing career, first with nonfiction books for parents of kids with mental illness, and now with my first love, historical fiction. When I’m not writing, I love to travel, hang out with my family, ride rollercoasters, read with a cup of tea, hike, run, and swim outdoors (forward motion athletic endeavors only - I’m not very coordinated), nap, watch movies and tv series with complicated plots and strong female protagonists, and daydream. Except for the napping and tea drinking, these are all fueled by coffee. Read more about this authorRead less about this author