Being in wild nature fills me with joy and inspiration. I love to snorkel and swim with bright colored fish, climb mountains for an eagle's view, and sit with the ancient redwood trees near my home in far Northern California. Most of my books share the beauty of nature in some way. Sacred Forest Bathing is a memoir that invites readers into an enchanted world. My newest children's fantasy, Wind, is a page-flipper that dives wholeheartedly into the very real magic and intelligence of trees as well as taking readers on a swashbuckling adventure and The Miracle Forest is an inspiring true story of how a sustainable community in Colombia managed to restore rainforests not seen in the area for thousands of years. I've worked as an elementary, creative writing and piano teacher as well as raising two daughters.
