It was pretty easy for my mother to think of a name for me when I was born in April 1978. I was raised in New Jersey and still live there today. I’m single with no children and work full-time in the Information Technology field. Away from my job, I like to use Photoshop for graphic design. I’ve made custom graphics for my websites and all my stories. I’m showcasing some of my artwork on deviantART.

When I’m in the mood for reading, my favorite literary genres are fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance. My favorite books are the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris and I’m a big fan of the television adaptation True Blood. Other authors whose work I enjoy are Jacquelyn Frank, Christine Feenan, Lora Leigh, J.R. Ward, Kresley Cole, and Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Being a hopeless romantic, I only write mature romance because that’s what I enjoy reading. My first book A Rose to the Fallen is a contemporary romance with a supernatural twist that was inspired by actor Toby Hemingway after I saw him in the film The Covenant in September 2006. The book began as a collection of Toby fanfiction I wrote in July 2007, and was comprised of two original fiction novels and five short stories. I hosted my writing on LiveJournal until I created my own Toby Hemingway Fanfiction website in January 2008. Some of my readers told me the story was better suited as a book. I decided to take their advice, especially because one of my goals in life was to publish at least one book.

Over the next few months, I consolidated and edited the two novels and two of the five short stories into a manuscript for the book. A new story title was created, and the manuscript was self-published through Author House. I closed my fanfiction website in November 2008 when I announced I would be publishing a book. A Rose to the Fallen was released in December 2008 and I opened a new author website.

My writing experience extends beyond just Toby Hemingway fanfiction. In 2005, I wrote a Lord of the Rings fanfiction entitled Of Elves and Men which used to be hosted on FanFiction.net. It was the first story I had written as an adult and it read more like a script.

I’ve written three original short stories—Eros, My Love is an urban fantasy published by Summerhouse Publishing and released in September 2011. The story was inspired by the Greek myth about Eros and Psyche. A Dark Scandal is a paranormal romance and free to read on deviantART. Right Here, Right Now is a contemporary romance published by Decadent Publishing and released in January 2012.

I wrote my second novel in July 2009, a paranormal romance entitled The Howling Heart that was inspired by actor Alex Pettyfer. It’s unpublished, although I’m currently trying to get it published by a traditional publisher. Until that happens, the PDF is available for download through the deviantART group ONLY-Alex-Pettyfer.

My hopes for the future are that The Howling Heart gets published and at least one of my novels get adapted for film. I would love to see my characters on the big screen. I’m a realist and I know the odds of a film being produced are slim to none, but hey…a girl can dream.