I grew up knowing I was a direct descendant of the great Medieval king, Charlemagne. Since completing the proofs necessary, I have become a member of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America, for which I was the 2002 Keynote Speaker at their annual meeting in Washington D.C. I am also a member of First California Company, Jamestowne Society, which I served as Secretary and Newsletter Editor, and the Conejo Valley Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) for which I was recently Recording Secretary.


A Life Member of the California Writers Club, I have served the San Fernando Valley Branch, as president and treasurer, as well as a delegate to the State Board of Directors, and State Treasurer. In 1995 I received CWC’s prestigious Jack London Award for service to the writing community. In 2006 I became the founding president of the West Valley Branch of CWC.


A fourth-generation Californian, I was born in Los Angeles, attended Occidental College, graduated from UCLA, and earned my master’s degree from California State University, Northridge. I taught music in the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Unified School Districts. My husband Bill and I live in the San Fernando Valley. Both of us hold private pilot’s licenses. We are avid travelers having seen most of the United States by private plane as well as more conventional means. We have also, over the years, traveled Europe from France to Poland, Germany to Italy, and all the countries in between, as well as Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, China, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Baltic States, and a bit of Russia. I am a frequent flute soloist, and also enjoy singing in the church choir and playing bridge. Writing is my second career.