Gift Guide
Please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started writing.
I'm originally from Portland, Oregon where I think writing is in the water. My background is in Music and I was a professor of music for 15 years in various places on the globe. After my third child was born I retired my music career and have enjoyed raising my children. I've always loved books. In 2002 I started a Mother/Daughter book club where I would bring our selected reading choice to life. This transitioned into starting a blog called Jump into a Book where I create or link to extending activities which relate to a specific book title. My writing career started by blogging. I had a "mommy" blog called A Place Like This. In 2010 a family of foxes moved into my front yard. Everyday I would photograph them and observe how the mother was raising her young family. Every Thursday I'd post about our fox family to update our readers. 10,000 people from all over the world would show up on Fox Dairy Thursdays. Soon they started asking if this would be a book and that's when my writing career began in earnest.
Fallen angel Laphelle has been sent on a mission to modern-day Earth, along with two of his comrades, to start fresh chaos behind the scenes. But everything changes when he hears the sound of the violin one fateful night. The heavenly music stirs thoughts of his life before the Fall, a time he does not consciously remember. Confused and intrigued, he begins to spiral out of control when he discovers he can actually play the violin with stunning talent. This unknown skill, along with the surprising relationship he develops with the violin?s owner, pushes him to question his role in the war of good and evil. An emotional, character-driven adventure, at times humorous and fun, and at others dark and horrific, Wings of the Divided is the first book in an epic trilogy that explores the sacred bond of friendship, the universal power of music, and the question of redemption. 
