Growing up, I was a proficient story teller, with most of my
plots encompassing princesses and princes and dreams coming true. Now as an
author, some of my stories are still about royalty, knights, duels, ladies,
intrigue, betrayal. History fascinates me and I try to bring history back to
life in each of my stories.
My favorite time periods are medieval, renaissance and
Regency eras of Europe. Growing up, I was lucky to have grandparents who lived
in Paris, so many a summer was spent exploring medieval ruins and historical
sites.
One of my all time favorite books is Jane Eyre, by
Charlotte Bronte, and I am of course Jane Austen fan, my two favorites being Pride
and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. I love the in-depth,
emotionally riveting and intriguing works of historical author, Ken Follett. I
am also a fan of Shakespeare, and you will find in a lot of my writing
reference to the literary God and his work. Not only Shakespeare, but other
period poets and literary notables of history are on my keeper shelf. My love
affair with the romance genre started young. I picked up my first romance
novel, The Bride, by Julie Garwood when I was in high school, and I
haven't been able to stop reading or writing romance since.
When I'm not reading or writing I am usually doing research
for fun. If you love history, come visit me at History Undressed, where we
discuss all the wildly fascinating and titillating facts of history! Recently
I've started to post reviews of historical fiction and romance novels as well.
