Gender	Female
Industry	Banking
Location	Chicago NW 'burbs, Illinois, United States
Introduction	It's all about me...every last boring detail. It's why I blog-hop.
Interests	reading, doing author interviews, traveling, movies, listening to music, volunteering, cover model Nathan Kamp, history, "Digging for the Truth" with Josh Bernstein
Favorite movies	East of Eden, Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth), SWAT, King Arthur (Clive Owen, the Wedding Singer, French Kiss, Anne of Green Gables, Tammy and the Bachelor, American in Paris, Gilda, Sabrina (Bogart version)
Favorite music	Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, Dion, Papa Roach, Nickelback, No Doubt, Trapt, White Zombie, Toby Keith, Jimmy Wayne, John Mellencamp, the Fray, Dierks Bentley, Jack Johnson, the Wreckers, Gary Allan, Pussy Cat Dolls, ColdPlay, Pink, Billy Currington, Boys II Men, Michael Buble, Andrea Bocelli, Fallout Boys
Favorite books	Anything by Suzanne Brockmann, the historical romances of Judith McNaught, Lucy Monroe, Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy, MaryJanice Davidson, LuAnn McLane, Janice Maynard, Toni Blake, Dianne Castell, Shiloh Walker, Lisa Kleypas, J R Ward, Nicole Jordan, J D Robb, Lacey Alexander

You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?

Read all the negative reviews - nothing more ego-deflating than your peers dissing your work. No matter how good it is ;)