What more could you wish for

1. What types of books do you write?
I write contemporary fiction. It is also considered women's fiction and chick-lit. I think the term "chick-lit" gets a bad rap. Many people don't take that genre seriously but I'm not hung up on labels. Call it whatever you want...just read it!

2. What is the latest book you have written?
My debut novel, What More Could You Wish For, was published by St. Martin's Press in August 2012. It'she story of Libby Carson who has a great life—a thriving business, a family she adores, and a steady guy with whom she has “an arrangement.” Life is nice and tidy until her 50th birthday. That’s when Libby reconnects with her high school boyfriend online. That’s also when her significant other proposes. Libby’s been down the marriage road before and it just didn’t work. So while she’s trying to persuade her guy to keep things status quo, she also begins an email correspondence with her old flame. Just for fun, she tells herself. But fun soon turns to flirtation and Libby is startled to feel some stirrings of the passion she felt at seventeen. How is that possible? She thought she had things all figured out. Now, Libby must take stock of her life and everyone in it, to answer for herself the question everyone’s been asking her: What more could you wish for?

3. Is it part of a series, if so which one?
It is not part of a series although I've had requests for a sequel. And never say never, I always say.

4. When did you start writing?
I started writing in third grade when our assignment was to write a short story. I got hooked on writing when Mrs. Allen read my first story aloud to the class.

5. Why did you start writing?
I started writing because I loved to read.

6. Who are your influences?
Elizabeth Berg, Anna Quindlen, Harper Lee, Ann Patchett, Anita Shreve, Pat Conroy...and the list goes on.

7. What can we expect from you in the near future? Book signing events, other details
I am currently working on my second novel, and am doing various events and book signings for What More Could You Wish For. Check the events page of my website for specific dates.