Author, editor, poet, historian, linguist, photoshop artist, web designer, social media geek, foodie, herbalist, intrepid gardener, wanderer, cyclist, music lover, and mixed media artist.

My childhood was spent playing in mud puddles after the monsoon rains, riding in the backs of Jeeps, playing with my father’s bird dogs, and crawling on hands and knees after lizards and insects. I lived for several years in the beautiful redrock canyonlands country of Moab, Utah, where I developed a love for cycling, chickens, cows, horses, and the smell of newly cut alfalfa.

I learned to read at age three and have been reading voraciously ever since. I have been writing – everything from short stories to poetry to (most recently) blogs – for almost as long. I enjoy reading mythology, classical literature, poetry, non-fiction, thrillers (such as Germ, or anything by Grisham), sci-fi, popular science, new physics, and travel diaries.

I have always had a fascination with, and aptitude for, learning new languages.  I have studied Latin, Spanish, Italian and Modern Greek, and have plans to study either German or Mandarin next. I am an avid Medieval and Renaissance historian and am currently researching the glorious epic poem, Orlando Furioso, and consequently 15th-16th c. Ferrara, in my spare time.

I hold degrees in linguistics and English and am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in writing. I have a love for learning and will continue learning as much as I can cram into my head for the rest of my life.