My grandfather grew-up in the Mormon colony of Colonia Diaz and told exciting stories, some with characters named Geronimo and Pancho Villa. Perhaps those tales sparked my love of history and historical fiction, but I’m also the curious sort and love doing research to discover details that enrich the fictional stories I write.

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While studying the history of the colonies, I wondered what put them in the middle of the Mexican Revolution that toppled Porfirio Diaz from power. After that, one thing led to another, and soon my question spawned a series to explain the answers. 

 

My first novel, Neighbors Across the River, earned me the Emerging Author Praiseworthy Award in Historical Fiction from LDSPMA. 

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My husband and I live in Central California. We wish we lived closer to all our four children and nine grandchildren, an impossibility since they live in far-flung places.