Back matter . . .

Before I became a novelist, I was a bilingual Spanish-English immersion classroom teacher in San Jose, California where my students will forever hold a big part of my heart.

I’m fluent in Spanish and conversational in French and Italian, which mostly means I can order pastries in multiple countries without embarrassing myself too badly on “research trips.”

I’ve traveled throughout the UK, France, and Italy gathering the tiny details that make a story feel real, because I believe setting matters and places can change a person.

I started out writing young adult novels about ambitious girls navigating big worlds — from Hollywood film sets to luxury perfume campaigns in New York and Paris. Now I write adult romantic comedies about smart, driven women who don’t expect love and are slightly annoyed when it shows up anyway.

I'm always aiming for emotional depth and earned happily-ever-afters. My stories are what the industry refers to as "closed-door" rom coms (meaning if my books were movies, the kids could stay in the room).

You’ll find at least one dog and sometimes a horse in every book. Always a dog. My co-authors insist on it.

One of my favorite parts of being an author is getting to live new lives through my characters — starting over, making bold decisions, and fixing fictional mistakes, all from my desk.

My Pack: Rosebud, Ruby, and Sofie

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