My Bio

I’m the doting mother of two wonderful children. Maddie and Sam are absolute blessings. As I write this, Sam has turned three, and we just finished his birthday party at a gymnastics center. His favorite part of the celebration was definitely the cake. Maddie is nine, and when she’s not eating cake, she spends much of her time playing sports. After her rocky, three-pound start, she’s now one of the tallest girls in her class and a strong athlete.

I grew up in Ohio, and seeking adventure at twenty-four, I moved to Chicago. My adventures started just two weeks after moving, when I met my husband Jon. We lived in the same apartment building. After marrying in Chicago and moving to San Francisco, we now call Boston home.

The kids keep us busy every minute, but I also make time to work on my second book, a work of fiction about the aftermath of miscarriage on an already diverged couple. I’m also building a volunteer organization, PreventPregnancyLoss.org. Our mission is to reduce avoidable losses by urging families to seek testing after miscarriage.

Before writing To Full Term I worked in corporations as a marketer and a management consultant. I earned an MBA from the University of Chicago, and an undergraduate degree from Wright State University. I paid my own way through undergraduate school by working full-time in a host of jobs- everything from cashier to waitress to salesperson. And I still cherish each of these experiences.