Born in Cowboy Country, think Brokeback Mountain, to my delight we moved to a small Southern California beach town as I entered high school. From Bible Belt to Sun Belt . . . the shock was profound, the freedom was exhilarating. I fell in love with the casual, laid-back life style.

Currently residing in Virginia, I practice yoga and paint portraits of people and animals. I also raise and show Red Miniature Poodles and Maine Coon Cats.

I am starting the second Caribe Carmichael sexy mystery / comedy / romance and have completed a middle school quest fantasy based on Kundalini Yoga. The heroine is a young girl who is transformed into a blue, four-armed, three-eyed female warrior in an alternative Hindu universe.