Definitely not short Bio

I am passionate about writing adventurous stories featuring science, technology, and history.

But, it wasn’t always this way…

Many authors say they’ve always been writing stories since they were very little kids.

Not me.

As a kid, I didn’t like to write. Not one little bit. I was the one who used the biggest handwriting possible to fill the one or two pages assigned as fast as I could. I loved reading (a lot!), but I hated writing.

Now math and science, that was cool! Getting my hands messy and figuring out the way things worked were my favorite.

After high school, I went to college for English and Mechanical Engineering. To me, it was the perfect combination! It was the start of melding my two loves – STEM (science, technology, engineer, and math) and books.

I went to work for Chrysler in Detroit developing hybrid vehicles after I graduated.  Playing with cars and trucks all day was interesting, but I felt like something was missing.

While working, I went back to school at night.  Returned once again to laboratories and textbooks, I finally realized what was missing. I needed to be learning something new. I needed to create something the world had never seen before – a great answer to an involved question.

So, I quit my job.

I went back to school (again!) to learn biomechanics and research how the human body is injured. The University of Virginia was a fantastic, energetic place to be, filled with passionate people all eager to push the bounds of what we know. There were new subjects to master in class and new problems to explore in the lab. (And, a husband to meet on the softball field! But, that’s a different story…)

At UVA, I worked with the NFL to understand turf toe injuries in professional football players.  I tested, analyzed data, and synthesized the results into a meaningful conclusion.

And, most importantly, I started to write.

Now that I got to write about cool science and describe the most fascinating things, writing was fun!

After I graduated, I moved to Dayton, Ohio to research biometrics at Wright-Patterson Air Force base.  And I kept on publishing.  It got to the point that I wanted to do projects just to have the fun of seeing my words in print.

These days, I am still constantly researching. I get excited about questions like “What do we know about the first milliseconds of the universe’s life?” or “Who designs roller coasters and how?” or “How did we beat the Russians to the moon?”

Creating articles and books that explain the beautiful complexity of our world is the best job I can think of.