I have been called a whirling dervish (multi-tasking skills), cartoon character (comic relief ability), and 'air dancer’ (those things that flap about at oil change places – you’d get it if you saw my arms).

I have put all of these attributes to use working creatively in the advertising industry for over 20 years, where my work has been recognized internationally.

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I earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia, and live in Memphis, TN, where great music is always playing. 

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My Life in Books

Amy's Long Night (for obvious reasons)

Harry the Dirty Dog

Anything Richard Scarry

Cranberry Thanksgiving

The Boxcar Children

Miss Piggle Wiggle

Encyclopedia Brown

Anything Roald Dahl

Various Nancy Drews

The Westing Game

Approximately 800 Archie Digests

Sweet Valley High (I have to include it) 

To Kill a Mockingbird

Any Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot

(insert various mysteries, biographies, or anything by Southern writers)

Flavia de Luce series

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Series have enjoyed immensely with my children

Sisters Grimm

Harry Potter

Eragon

Authors and Illustrators I greatly admire

Oliver Jeffers

ISOL

Elise Gravel

Zachariah OHora

Andrea Beaty

Manon Gauthier
Victoria Semykiina

David Mackintosh

David Roberts