Hi there. Thanks for visiting my little e-corner of the world. I’m a storyteller. Because I like to settle in and get to know my characters, I write novels. And by getting to know my characters, I mean torment them. Conflict, conflict, conflict, right?
About my work:
STORK—my debut young adult novel—releases on October 12, 2010 with Candlewick Press. It is the story of smart and sassy Katla (Kat) Leblanc, a 16-year-old L.A. fashionista whose life is upended after a move to Norse Falls, Minnesota—her mother’s hometown of Icelandic heritage. As if being the new kid isn’t challenge enough, Kat is mysteriously drawn to an ancient order of bird women with the extraordinary task of soul delivery. Complicating things further is Jack Snjosson, an aloof classmate. Given their relationship’s rocky start, Kat would never believe they share a history—never mind destiny.
THE McCLOUD HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS, contemporary women’s fiction, will be published in August of 2011 by Berkley Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group Inc. It is the story of three generations of women who run a bed and breakfast from their historic property, formerly a home for unwed mothers—and the scandalous family secret that surfaces when the inn hosts the funeral of the town matriarch
FROST, book two in the STORK trilogy, is slated for publication, again by Candlewick, in the Fall of 2011. In this sequel, Kat delves further into her magical soul-delivering abilities after a deadly snow storm brings to town a mysterious weather researcher; at stake is not only her boyfriend Jack’s survival, but climate as we know it.
Thanks for checking out my site and, hopefully, my book. I am very grateful to you, the reader. Writing novels is a joy and a privilege. There are a lot of books out there on the shelf: many, many fabulous reads. I’m honored you’ve found my site, and I hope you’ll check out STORK.
Best,
