For the past 25 years I've mainly been a mom, raising our brood of five children (mostly girls). On the side I am a freelance editor and author. I became a writer partly by accident, when I sent my youngest off to school and I finally had a few minutes to carry a train of thought for more than three seconds at a time. Suddenly I realized that I love to write and I love the way writing helps me think more clearly. Everything I write is in some way about the story of the Bible and how we are shaped by it—about how God rescues and redeems us, and about how we can join in his rescue of a lost and hurting world. 

I'm a hometown midwestern girl, born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois, where I currently live. I graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in English and minors in Christian Education and Psychology. (Indecisive much? For a while I was also an elementary education major.) Most of the time you can find me writing with a cat sleeping nearby, talking with one of my young adult children late into the night, or attending a concert one of my kids is in. When I have a spare minute, I love to travel (especially with my husband, Jeremy) and create jewelry.