I didn’t cook professionally until I was thirty-three, and I came to fiction even later. I used to say that when everyone else is at the train station, I’m usually at the airport.

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I spent twenty-two years in the culinary world, half in kitchens and half writing about food, and published two cookbooks, The Oregon Farm Table Cookbook and For the Love of Seafood. These days, I'm turning my attention to the stories that have been swirling around in my head for nearly a decade.

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I'm currently writing children's books, including the Happy Huey picture book series and the Lottie Lou Little illustrated chapter book series, along with poetry and a novel inspired by my own childhood.

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I'm a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the Central Oregon Writers Guild.