I was born on the north side of Chicago, Evanston to be precise. After attending Marywood High School for Girls and St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, I received a B.A. in English Literature from Marquette University.

I am a writer, a mother, a grandmother, a widow. Like Dilsey, I’ve seen the best and the worst, the first and the last. I’ve seen worlds blow apart and life turn inside out in less time than it takes to type this sentence. Through it all, and to understand it somewhat, I write.

DEATH OF A SERPENT, the first in the Serafina Florio series will be published next month. Currently I am working on SERAFINA AND THE BLOSSOMS OF BAGHERIA. Both mysteries take place on the northwest coast of Sicily in the 1860s. In between writing, revising, and editing, I review books for LLBR and Amazon.