I was born in South Philadelphia. I attended Temple University. I have a Master’s Degree in English and teacher certifications in elementary and secondary education. My latest novel, The Bigger Picture, the sequel to Out of the Picture, is, like the first work, a mystery for movie lovers. The latest novel also has a #MeToo theme. My author royalties for Out of the Picture are being donated to an animal shelter, Kitty Cottage, where I volunteered. The royalties from the latest novel go to the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. I won a fiction contest sponsored by Oak Tree Press which published my first novel, A Lesson in Murder. I won first prize for fiction at the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference in 2007 and a short story award at the same conference in 2010. I was cited for honorable mention for one of my plays in the Stage Play/Script category of the Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. I was one of the winners in this category in 2014. One of my short stories has been published by Don Ron Books, and is included in their volume entitled South Philly Fiction. I also had a short story published in the Fall 2014 edition of Schuylkill Valley Journal. Another short story is included in the Sisters in Crime collection, Death Knell V. In addition to writing and reading, I enjoy taking courses in film studies and traveling. Cookies and white chocolate mocha always put me in a good mood.