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I'm an author, a novelist, my book Peripheral View was released by Langdon Street Press in May. It is available at Ingram, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders online and at brick and mortars everywhere. It's also at, my favorite, several independent bookstores across the country!
I live along the mighty Mississippi River in Champlin, Minnesota (just outside of Minneapolis). I love to spend time on the river with my husband and lovely ten-year-old daughter.
My daughter, whom I adopted from Kazakhstan in 2000, is the best thing I've ever done in my life. I traveled to Kazakhastan and stayed there for 26 days, visiting her at the orphanage, going to court, and working the ropes (system) to bring her home. I married Rick six months later. I'm somewhat of a risk taker, and I take the steps to do what is important to me.
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