I am 63 years old, retired classroom teacher and a current tutor. I live outside of Washington DC with my husband and our two adult sons. We also have a daughter who lives and works in North Carolina. I love to read, always have, and earned my PhD in English literature at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. My favorite authors of the classics are Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, George Elliott, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Woolf, and EM Forster. I also love Dorothy L. Sayers of the golden age of mystery writers. My favorite modern mysterywriter is Louise Penny. I also read a lot of contemporary fiction, mostly British and American. In nonfiction, I especially enjoy read history and biography.

My other interests include theater, film, music, dance, and art. I am passionate about animals (your typical kinds: dogs, cats, horses, etc.).