City Center (Pond) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—August 21, 1970
• Where—Washington, D.C., USA
• Education—B.A., University of Maryland, College Park
• Currently—Los Angeles, California


I grew up in a town just outside Washington D.C. On my 7th birthday I got a Hello Kitty diary and I've been 'journaling' ever since. Writing saved my life and got me through some tough times (and still does). I spent years scribbling notes and random thoughts, but after reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the world of writing opened up. I was blown away that a woman could write so convincingly from a teenaged boy's perspective. I knew I had to become a writer.

I've written many essays, blogs and songs, but after a strange conversation with my husband about what cities might be like in the future, I decided to write a full-length novel about a supposed utopian city that's actually a prison.

As far as the boring technical information, I graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a BA in Communications and a minor in English. I moved out west a week after graduation and I've been working in advertising ever since––to pay the bills.

While I love writing about the future, I live in current day Los Angeles with my husband and our Boston Terrier. This is my first speculative fiction novel. I'm working on the second in the series—The New Agenda—that will launch sometime in 2014. (From the author's website.)