I've taught Creative Writing courses at both the high school and college level (Rutgers University). I have also taught Expository and Technical Writing at the college level. I've worked as an academic librarian and an educational media specialist. Fifteen of my books of fiction have been published. THE BAD WIFE, book four in the Kim Reynolds series has just been published by Perfect Crime Press and is available as both a Kindle book and in print. All three prior novels in the Kim Reynolds romantic mystery series received excellent reviews from BOOKLIST among others and were originally published by Five Star/Gale/Cengage in hardcover. Sara Paretsky wrote a blurb/endorsement for THE INFERNO COLLECTION which appears on the cover of that mystery thriller. THE DROWNING POOL, the second novel in this series, was reprinted in paperback by Harlequin Worldwide Mystery in 2012. THE INFERNO COLLECTION and THE TRUTH SLEUTH were also reprinted in paperback by Harlequin Worldwide Mystery in 2013, as was DEATH LEGACY, a romantic spy thriller which received excellent reviews from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY and BOOKLIST. Five Star/Gale published a co-authored novel, THE THIRD EYE: A PINE BARRENS MYSTERY both in print and as a Kindle book also at a very low price.Recently published in as an inexpensive Kindle book is a collection of romantic short stories that I have written entitled BEYOND THE BO TREE: TEN TALES OF ROMANCE. Reviews have been very good.Another new novel published on Kindle is the award-winning sensual historical romance THE CHEVALIER. Check it out on Amazon.My paranormal historical romance TEA LEAVES AND TAROT CARDS received an excellent blurb endorsement from Jayne Ann Krentz which appears on the cover of that novel, published both as a hardcover from Five Star/Gale and in large print from Thorndike Press. The new e-book edition of this sensual Regency romance will be published in early April on Kindle.A YA romance/coming-of-age novel, THE DEVIL AND DANNA WEBSTER, will be published in a Kindle edition at the end of April by Astraea Press.My short stories, poems, essays, reviews and articles have appeared in hundreds of publications, magazines, newspapers and anthologies such as: THE WRITER, PEDESTAL, SURREAL, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AFTER DARK and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. I've also won multiple awards for fiction, poetry and plays. I hope you'll check out my novels!