I started my career with a chef's knife in one hand and a story in the other, and somewhere along the way, the story won. 

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I'm the author of two cookbooks, The Oregon Farm Table Cookbook and For the Love of Seafood, and a lifelong writer of stories about the dogs in my life. 

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These two threads finally came together in the Happy Huey series—a collection of picture books I'm writing with my daughter, Amelia Husbands, inspired by her real dog named Huey whose wonderfully quirky appearance sparked the question that became our first book. 

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My writing has appeared in national lifestyle magazines, food publications, and the Central Oregon Writers Guild Anthologies (2002-2025). I write A Taste of Belonging, a Substack newsletter about life, food and the stories that connect us. 

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I live in the Pacific Northwest where you can usually find me wandering outdoors with my dog Gus, reading something wonderful, or dreaming up new adventures for Happy Huey and his friends. 

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