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Breaking News (2/2/12) The Little Christmas Elf will be part of a boxed set called Favorite Little Golden Books for Christmas with four other wonderful Little Golden Books. (Sep. 11, 2012) Read more here: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307977458

Thank you for stopping by! This is the website for my children's books. I'm a bit of an extremist, so I write books for young children (picture books and early chapter books), and I write young adult novels. I haven't written anything in between...yet. But who knows? I'm also a little whimsical, so things could change.

My first book is now available in bookstores! Check out "Books" for more on that. I have several other picture book manuscripts as well. Many of my stories feature African-American characters. And when I say "characters," I mean it! I love to write about silly, naughty, intelligent, mistake-making kids.

I've finished two young adult novels, and an idea for a third is haunting me. My novels are a perfect place to dump all of my crazy, disturbed ideas, and I seem to have plenty of those! Probably because I remember my teenage years so vividly...and they were...colorful.

Feel free to browse around, and do come back again soon. This website is a work in progress...just like me.