After Bennington College, I worked at McCall's Magazine and then went to Ogilvy&Mather, New York during the "Mad Men " era. David Ogilvy and his colleagues treated me wonderfully, promoted me several times and then sent me west to become head of their agency in Los Angeles. I managed an agency of 200 great people. I was invited to be on the 1984 Olympic Committee and the boards of a law school and a major charity. I had a wonderful time in advertising.I moved to Reno where I joined the University of Nevada Reno as a full professor in Journalism. I taught marketing, copywriting and media ethics until 2009. I learned about campus politics when I served as chair of the faculty senate. I retired in 2009 after an equally wonderful teaching career.Now I write. I started at Bennington and just never stopped, although I kept putting the novel off until now. "The Red Queen's Run" opens with the death of a dean which my university pals tell me is an intriguing start since several members of the faculty are, of course, suspects.I share my home in northern Nevada with a kind and generous husband. Between us we have four children, eight grandchildren and are currently owned by a Golden Retriever.