10 Jan Opal Magazine
Thank you, Opal Writers Magazine, for this awesome cover feature and interview! Read it online here....
06 Jan GIVEAWAY Alert!!
Win this AMAZING-smelling candle and my bestselling book that inspired it—The Progeny! Go to @bookscents on Instagram at and follow the simple directions to enter this set of prizes! (These candles, signed books, and other fun things are also for sale right here on my website) About...
02 Dec The Sharjah International Book Fair
Last month my husband and I returned from the United Arab Emirates, where we’d flown for a short, four-day visit to the Sharjah International Book Fair—currently the largest in the world. We’d never been to the UAE before, so just going at all was an amazing...
30 Nov Killer Nashville Magazine
Heyyyy, who’s that in this month’s issue of Killer Nashville Magazine? I was so honored to win Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion last year for The Line Between—a book I was petrified no one would want to read in light of current events. Thank you, Killer...
26 Nov Omaha Magazine
Thank you, Omaha Magazine, for this wonderful interview and article! Wow, it was fun to get out and shoot some pics on the prairie and talk all things books and writing. Read the article online here. ...
17 Nov The Reader’s House Magazine
Thank you, The Reader’s House, for this awesome feature! I so enjoyed this interview—read it online here....
05 Oct Simple Rituals
I get twitchy in the fall. As minutes of daylight seep from the end of each day, the old restless anxiety creeps in. I know those dark, early evenings are on their way. And, here in the Midwest, the cold comes with it. Don’t get me wrong—I...
21 May Support AAPI Authors!
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18 May Who is Elizabeth Bathory?
(Read to the end for a creepy factoid...
07 May Family Update: An Engagement
My stepdaughter, Wynter (for whom the main character in The Line Between/A Single Light is named), got engaged ? this week while vacationing in beautiful Washington. We are over the moon happy for her and her fiancé John, whom we love. These two are so...