Once upon time I was employed by the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute’s Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory as a medical technologist. Yeah, try saying that three times fast. The work was fascinating, the people were wonderful, but alas, the constant drone of the laminar flow hoods and the lack of windows in the labs slowly made me realize that a life inside a negative pressure room was not for me. Someday I’ll write a story in which the villains’ names are Elispot and Elisa.

I left my mad scientist persona behind and to follow another dream—writing. I am currently enrolled in Seton Hill University's Master of Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program. Graduation is scheduled for January 2010.

My thesis project is a mystery novel called Merry Meet. It follows the adventures of spunky New Age shop owner Lilia Devlin as she tries to clear her name in a murder case and save her home and business as well. You can read a short excerpt from Merry Meet on my Works in Progress page.

I live at Wit’s End in southwestern Pennsylvania with my husband, two sons, a chaotic cat and a crazy corgi. I also enjoy writing short stories and humorous essays in all genres. Nonfiction articles of local interest, paganism, and of course science (the madder the better), are also in my areas of interest. I am open to and interested in freelance work; please contact me for samples of my articles in the above topics.