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I wanted to bring the African flavor back
to America and, using my writing as a vehicle, my two current books, "After
the Twilight" and "Kano," contain chapters set in countries I've actually
lived in. Both take place during the early 1970's, so I'm hoping "baby
boomers" that read my books will recall that exciting period with affection
while new readers will enjoy a glimpse into the past. "After the Twilight"
has been adapted to a screenplay, and I've got an agent hard at work in Los
Angeles trying to persuade a producer or two to take a look at it. It was
also entered in Project Greenlight and received two good reviews. Personally, I have two grown sons and one daughter, and my husband and I reside in the foothills of North Carolina with four dogs, a cat and a family of groundhogs. In addition to writing, I enjoy watching movie classics
with strong-willed heroines, such as Bette Davis and Katherine Hepburn, and
going back even further to Greta Garbo. My favorite writers are Tennessee
Williams and Arthur Miller, and my dream is to be watching a Broadway play
written by me and wondering, as I do so often, how I could have improved the
dialogue! Member, Romance Writers of America - www.rwanational.org |
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The road
to becoming published has been a rocky one, but some notable events provided
me with some terrific material along the way. Joining the Peace Corps in
1969, I served two years in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and fell in love with
the land, the culture, and most of important of all the wonderful people. I
finished my two-year tour, but returned two years later and lived in Nigeria,
West Africa. During my Peace Corps tour, I wrote a newspaper column,
"Reflections from Africa," and articles for an anthology published by the
Peace Corps. One article, "The Beggar," was submitted and chosen for a live
reading at the Rotunda in Washington, D.C. during the Corps' twenty-fifth
anniversary. The article was also published in World News.