I was always writing something when I was a kid – fantasies, poems, essays, plays, secret plans; culminating in running away across country at fifteen, never looking back. But in my careers (psychology, business, Government Intelligence, nonprofits), my writing was limited to nonfiction: professional, technical, research. Finally dabbling in fiction during spare moments above the clouds, my short stories found their way into literary journals and anthologies. I developed personal relationships with my characters, who relentlessly nagged me into longer stories. My debut novel, ‘Secrets In The Mirror’ was published by Atmosphere Press September 2022, and its sequel ‘What Lies Buried‘ was released May 2024. I’m currently writing the third/final book of the DiMasi family trilogy, ‘Power Play’, as well as another standalone Suspense, ‘A Rose by any other Name’.
I earned degrees in psychology from Wellesley College and an MBA from Boston University, and leverage my education, training and experience in psychology to write stories of inner conflict and emotional transformation. Originally from “all over” the U.S. (although a piece of my heart remains in Boston), I now reside in Mexico with my husband and 17-year-old cat Sheba (who’s now blind).
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For many people, psychological undercurrents hold deep secrets behind their public persona. Experiences from childhood, family, and beyond impact behavior, choices, fears, attitudes and life goals. The path to achieving objectives can be strewn with challenges or even danger, but the most difficult obstacles lie within the character. One person may become happy and successful, while another develops a mental illness; one withdraws to become a recluse; another is a thief or murderer … What is the etiology of such differences? How, if at all, can anyone carve out their unique identity and become the person they want to be, even in the face of early trauma or tragedy?
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