I am an author, playwright, and sometimes rough poet and write across a range of genres from young adult mystery/science fiction, to steampunk mystery/romance and adult romance/drama. I am currently working on a series of children's stories (Think Stephen King for kids) and on my first attempt at humor, a holistic detective story. I live in Auckland, New Zealand. People often ask me how I became a writer, and I usually say, I blame my mother for telling me I would be a writer, my stepfather for showing me how to imagine, my English teacher, Mrs. Johns for convincing me that I could write, and the world for giving me so much to write about. Oops, almost forgot, my editor, for keeping me grounded by telling me how bad I am at punctuation!