Lorena was born in Hollywood, California, and spent her youth as a member of her family's dancing act on stage and screen. She is mentioned in columns by Louella Parsons and was photographed in advertisements and films of the era. In college her life took a detour into graduate school and then into the life of an academic. She started writing as a child and used those skills to write technical reports and scientific papers during her time in the university system. From there another detour led to writing fiction. Thirty years ago, she determined to use words to entertain and wrote her first no...