Her last twenty years was in drug research. She has visited Maui, Hawaii, several times and is well acquainted with the island, especially the towns of Kihei and Lahaina. She exchanged her technical writing skills for creative writing in a variety of genres. She has belonged to a writing group for eight years and puts writing at the top of her fun and creative list of things to do. She divides her residency between Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and Spring Hill, Florida, where she lives with her husband Keith, and their dog Kasey. She has three grown sons.