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Of all the things I have been asked to do in order to get my Website together, this is, by far, the hardest. “You need to write a bio of your life,” they said. “We’ll place it prominently and proudly on your site,” I was told; as if I was sitting down to write about one of my characters. Well, it has turned out to be the last thing I have done. I thought about it for a long time and decided that the best thing to do was just start writing. Perhaps my life story will flow as freely as one of my novels.

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but when I was nine, my family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. I was fortunate to grow up in a fairly small town; horses and mountains were my weekend activity. My girlfriends and I made many forays into the mesa hunting for arrowheads and horned toad lizards. My mother and father were always ready with a box or crate of some sort to house the many critters I would proudly bring home.

I currently reside in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia; but between New Mexico and Georgia, I lived in Maryland, Illinois, South Dakota, and Florida. I loved living in Florida, mainly because I had spent most of my youth in the desert with the mountains so near and water much too far away. Having the Gulf Coast less than a mile from my front door was a welcome change. Unfortunately, the time spent in Ft. Walton Beach was much too brief. A job offer in Atlanta caused yet another change of scenery for my husband and me. We have been in Atlanta for almost fifteen years. We do look forward to the day when we can retire to the mountains. We will have gone full circle.

Thinking back, I’ve had many experiences that most people only read and wonder about. I have jumped out of airplanes, took a stab at scuba diving, and hiked to the top of Diamond Head, the volcano in Hawaii. I also spent many a summer traveling around the country on a motorcycle; not only as a passenger, but the operator as well. It’s quite an invigorating experience and one that I highly recommend. It’s a sensory extravaganza of enormous magnitude. For me, I could fully appreciate the smell of the ferns after a summer shower on my way to the Grand Canyon, or watching the wave of heat coming off the pavement in Death Valley.

In my life, have loved and I have lost but each time I have learned to love again. I am married to the same man for nearly twenty years now. We share the same love of the outdoors; we enjoy fishing and the quiet serenity that surrounds it. We also have an affinity for dogs and horses. We don't own any horses at this time, but we do have two little pooches who have been our constant companions for nearly sixteen years. They have been our “children” so to speak.

Well, that’s a little insight into the life of Debbie. I hope you have enjoyed reading about it as I have had living it. See you in the pages of my books!

Deb