Mini Bio:

Reared in a cult, aka the Cult Slayer. Thriller Novels. Feminine Meathead. Book fiend. Chic Model. Blogger. Health Nut. Freethinker. PsychPod Studio Podcaster.

Full Bio:

My life reads like a tale of escape from a modern-day Jonestown.  Born the preacher’s kid of a burgeoning fundamentalist society, I battled critical thinking as the unforgivable sin.  A near-perfect role model for my religious peers, I won senior superlative for “Most Spiritual” in my class. Solely surrounded by Christian patriarchy, I challenged the male cult leader face-to-face.

As a result of my confrontation and ensuing flight, my psyche was altered  beyond that of the  American girl-next-door.  In my sectarian college, I studied courses ranging from Understanding Your Husband to Baptist Distinctives.  Quite an education to prepare a sheltered woman for a culture outside the group, yet another tactic to deter deserters.  Since a writer is both voracious observer and obsessive thinker, these traits forced me to abandon status, future, friends, and a family smoldering in cult suppression.

After graduation, I began fashioning my persona from the ashes of the woman I had decimated.  Self-identity for a female was non-existent in my prior group, unless attached to a prominent male figure. In this attempt to discover myself, I dabbled in various occupations:  pet store cashier, social services assistant, seamstress, nursing home activities aid, food services cook, urban missions intern, live-in caregiver, personal trainer, exercise instructor, and fitness director.  These careers provided life experience, catalysts to my dream of writing full-time. I pillaged my twenty-five years of experiences to become fuel for my daring novels.  Unafraid to contest the culturally acceptable answers to the big questions, I strive to illuminate truth through thriller fiction.

A recovering Christian, I understand both sides of the religious coin.  Not a stereotypical atheist, I embrace rational discussions with believers and skeptics alike.  My teenage self was most influenced by Christian celebrity author, Ted Dekker. He expresses the psychological value attained through supernatural belief.  I flip that perception to contend that the mind is optimal when thinking freely, outside the confines of religious doctrine.

I pen psychological tales exploring the difficult questions of the human condition through thrillers.  These sagas excite the mind and stop the heart. Weaving webs of twisting plots are my specialty, horror tempered by mind-bending drama. Presenting inspirational talks, I overcome my innate introversion. I speak to mesmerize the listeners. Telling a gripping story to a room filled with wide-eyed children or incredulous adults fulfills me. My passion is to shed light where all is darkness.  To bring hope to those living in shadows.  Fiction and fact blur seamlessly into my gripping thriller novels.

My upcoming books are my Prey to the Gods Series, featuring the psychological journeys of the fundamentalist inner circle + Entendre, a thriller noir novel.