A wife and mother of two beautiful girls, I work as a freelance graphic designer in a small town west of Chicago where my husband and I maintain our own advertising businesses. I've been able to work from home for over twenty years while raising our daughters. I have a Bachelor's Degree in graphic design and have taken many additional classes in, among other topics, pottery, painting, and life drawing. I also love to garden, read literature and, of course, a good vampire novel. I hope to continue writing as long as I have stories to tell.