Things you might want to know about me:

I tell stories for a living; I write fiction for fun.

I am a wife and mother. My children were born grown-ups. They are both writers.

I have flown in Air Force One.

I once tap danced down the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

I have (accidentally) memorized a number of television commercials from the 70s. ('Ello, my name is Jean-Claude Killy. I am writing to someone I care for very much. Did I say writing? I should have said spreeing, with this new effortless pen from Berol Corporation. The 15,000 glass beads in its unique tip...) You get the idea. Can't get it out of my head.

I have been described as a Renaissance woman. One of my favorite compliments of all time. (Stop it some more!)

I spent a day as an extra - excuse me, background artist - on House.

I have three kidneys and I had 6 wisdom teeth. One leg is slightly shorter than the other. My skeleton is chronically misaligned. Weight, let's be honest, is a problem. Allergies up the wazoo! Still, the only thing I'd change about my miserable body if I could is that I really wish I could independently raise my eyebrow. Just one! Life is so unfair.

I am sometimes alarmed at the things that lurk in my brain, although sometimes they come out of hiding, I get to know them, and we get along famously!

Penguins is practically chickens!