Frequently Asked Questions

How long have you been married?

I have been married to my college sweetheart, Pierce, since 2008. I actually wrote a bit about how we met once upon a blogging time, and you can read that post here.
 

When is your next book coming out?

My latest novel, The Bluestockings, is coming out 1/21/2025! You can pre-oder it below.

How many tattoos do you have?

Four. I might actually have five by the time you read this. Who knows?

when did you start writing?

When I was seven. My second-grade teacher (Hey, Mrs. Hurston!) invited me to read to the class one day, so I wrote my own book—illustrated and made with a cover of white poster board—and brought it to story time. I will never forget how proud I felt sitting up there in front of the class, reading my own story. Then, in 6th grade, I started a journal after reading The Diary of Anne Frank and wrote in it almost daily until I was in college. (Where I majored in Creative Writing and Music.) I still have dozens of half-filled journals around my house that I pick up and use at random. I never go anywhere without a pen and paper.



 

What are your favorite harry potter books?

Um, all of them?

Okay, I’ll do my best. Here they are, ranked in order of best to least-best (because “worst” is not a category for Harry Potter):

1) Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

2) Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

3) Harry Potter and The Cursed Child

4) Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix

5) Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

6) Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone

7) Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

8) Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

what are your favorite books to read?

I am a huge fan of gothic novels and historical fiction. (Kate Morton can take all my money.) I also love memoirs and spiritual living books that dig deep into the mystery and majesty of God. For more of what I’m reading these days, you can subscribe to my Substack, The Nook.

what is your favorite period drama?

Outlander…no, The Crown…oh, wait, Poldark! No, Bridgerton! Or maybe Victoria…but also I love Larkrise to Candleford and Bomb Girls and Charité and The Gilded Age and…