I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.

God is our perfect partner

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.