Author Biography


     I wrote my first novel at age seventeen. It was pure rubbish, however, it did open the door on my love for storytelling.

     Fortunately I was able to marry my passion, with my need for adventure and I credit my Grandma Edna for instilling it at an early age. We'd jump in the car whenever a fire truck or ambulance went by and follow, so it's no wonder I'm a self described adrenaline junkie.

     I put that need to good use when my children were small and the nearest hospital was over an hour away.  I became a volunteer EMT in rural Idaho and spent ten years meeting people on the worst day of their lives.  I can only hope that I did some good.  I retired in 1999 and began writing full time, but I still love adventure and couldn't resist jumping out of an airplane at ten-thousand feet attached to a man with a parachute, just to celebrate turning forty. I ’d like to climb a mountain or two, but I'm saving my knees for later.  

     I was born and raised in Idaho, where I still live with my husband, three of our five children, a three legged watch dog and a spoiled horse named, Texas, who always has time to listen to my next story idea while we gallop along.

     I hope you enjoy my books, as I've tried to infuse them with the kind of excitement I've experienced in my life.  There's nothing like a great book, one you close at the end and sigh.  One that takes you on a wild ride from start to finish and never lets you go.  So submerge yourself in the story, enjoy the adventure, and the romance I've created just for you, the readers.  

Smiles, Jan