I'm the author of eight published novels. My Christian suspense/thriller, Split Sense, won the 2011 Grace Award. I grew up on a small farm in Washington State but now live in the mean "burbs" of Minnesota with my husband and our mutts, Rugby and Willow. With our adult kids now pushed out of the nest and encouraged to fly, I spend much time reading, writing, collecting books, gardening, riding motorcycles with my husband, and keeping one step ahead of AARP. I also really like black licorice.

MISSING: ONE GRANDFATHER I’ve been looking up ancestors this past month. Searching for that missing link to a royal line, or proof that we really do own the Brink truck company, but it’s not as easy as it looks on TV.