Prone to whirlwind adventures, I am a writer, wife, and mother who lives a life that's part American, part Dutch, with lots of travel in between.
Home is where the laptop is
I grew up in a small town in the Eastern Tennessee mountains. A beautiful area, for certain, but I could barely wait to escape the slow lifestyle and small-town mentality. The summer after high school, I fled to Atlanta to attend Agnes Scott College, a small liberal arts school for women and a four-year pit stop on my quest to see the world.
It was in Atlanta I met a Dutchman who whisked me off to the Netherlands. What was meant to be a six-month stay turned into twelve freezing but fabulous years, during which I began checking off the countries on my to-see list. Two decades later, I’ve still not seen them all.
Living abroad changed me in ways I can’t count, and though I don’t have the passport to prove it, I am in my heart and soul half Dutch. I know the culture, I speak the language like a native, I love that country like my own. You can read more about my Dutch life in the blogs, and here.
It was during this time I began writing for real, at first to recount my experiences with friends and family back home and then later, because I found I couldn’t stop. I’d fallen in love with the power of a good story. Today, writing is my passion -- one I hope to share with you through my fiction.
Ten years ago, the Dutchman and I moved back to Atlanta with our two kids, but every summer and holiday I hop a plane to Amsterdam, so I can stick my toes in sandy Dutch soil.
And of course, wherever I go, the laptop also travels.
