My lifelong love of time-travel stories, along with my two adorable feline friends, Cleo and Leo, inspired "The Adventures of Cleo and Leo," a series of historical adventure books. Retirement from teaching several years ago has provided the time for writing children's stories and activity books—something I have wanted to do for many years. My husband and I have two grown-up children and live in Sonoma County, California, with our much-loved cats.