About Me

  • Staff writer, Lillie Suburban newspapers
  • Free-lance writer
  • Member, Midwest Travel Writers Association
 I’ve been a writer for over 20 years at Lillie Suburban Newspapers in St. Paul. I’ve also done free-lance writing – for 3M business and health publications and for a running club and a speech therapy group. My special interest and focus for over a decade has been travel writing – about my trips and those of others in the United States and abroad, and I am a 10-year member of Midwest Travel Writers Association. I have a bachelor’s degree in English from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in comparative literature from the University of Michigan. I've also taken several classes on journalism at St. Thomas in Saint Paul. I was an English teacher for almost three years before having kids. Life is good!