Teri spent her early years in Redondo Beach, California, but grew up in Wenatchee, Washington where her home was literally surrounded by apple orchards. Nowadays Teri lives at beautiful Lake Chelan, where the apple orchards are giving way to vineyards as central Washington's dry and sunny climate invites winemaking and wineries.Her second novel, The Clovis Dig, opened to rave reviews. The novel was inspired by a real archaeological dig in East Wenatchee in the late 1980's. Teri’s writing awards for her first novel, Invisible by Day, include:• Top 5 Literary Fiction, Kindle Book Awards, 2019.• Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fiction, 2018• Finalist, Beverly Hills Book Award, 2018.Other writing awards include:• Best in Writing, Washington State School Public Relations Association, 2018.• First place, Write on the River, Ghosts of my Countrymen, a short story of intrigue, 2014.• First place, nonfiction, in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest 2011 for My River Sava, the story of an elite Yugoslav athlete interred in a prison camp during the Bosnian War.• Finalist, Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards 2016 for The Clovis Dig.• Finalist, short story, Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest 2015 for Ghosts of my Countrymen.• Finalist in the San Francisco Writers Contest 2013 for My River Sava. Teri has been a writer for more than twenty years. She was a corporate writer and web manager for a regional medical center, then managed communications, news and social media for a large school district. She is a former librarian and freelance writer for magazines. Teri is a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Write on the River Association.Read more about this authorRead less about this author