Born in Ohio, but spending many years in New York and North Carolina, I now lives in Richmond, Virginia, where I share a very exciting life in theatre with my actor/director husband, Alan, and my dog, Jake (who is often described as a six-year-old boy in a poodle suit).

As a Director, Drama teacher, Playwright, and Costume Designer for the past 30 years, I have won numerous awards for my plays, and directed or costumed over 60 plays to date. The author of 25 plays, among them: the Charles M. Getchell Southeastern Theatre Conference New Play Award, the Charlotte (NC) Repertory Theatre's Festival of New American Plays, the Eastern Illinois University New Playwrights Award, an Emerging Artists Grant 2000-2001 by the Durham (NC) Arts Council, the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest, twice, and most recently, the Brevard (NC) College Theatres New Play Competition for 2004, and the 2005 British Finals winner of the Geoffrey Whitworth Trophy. My plays have been produced across the US, in Newfoundland and Labrador, and in England and Wales; and some of them have been published by Southern Theatre Magazine and in an anthology by Dramatic Publishing.

Besides writing for the stage, I also am an award-winning artist with one work hanging in the permanent collection at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.

BERNIE BOLTON'S BIG APPLE CHRISTMAS, is the first of my BERNIE BOLTON BOOKS to be published, and Writers Exchange will also be publishing the second in the series, BERNIE BOLTONS BROTHER, and STRINGS, a novel about a young girls' 3- year nightmare during the Holocaust.

I am eternally grateful to Sandy and Writer's Exchange for giving my work a home.