Married David Poyer (a writer); children: one daughter. Education: University of Central Florida, B.A.; Florida State University, M.L.S.; Old Dominion University, M.F.A. Addresses: Home: VA.

• Waterwoman (novel), Berkley (New York, NY), 2002.
• (With Lisa Carrier) T. Rex at Swan Lake (juvenile fiction), illustrated by Chris Demarest, Dutton Children's Books (New York, NY), 2004.
• Ordinary Springs (novel), Berkley (New York, NY), 2005.
• The Treasure of Savage Island (young-adult novel), Dutton Children's Books (New York, NY), 2005.
• Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2008.