About

I am a life-long reader, writer, educator, director, and performer. I was born in 1953 and raised in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, a Chicago suburb one train stop west of Hinsdale.

In 1976, I left the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis with a BS in Theatre and Education and headed to the seacoast town of Kennebunkport, Maine, where I have lived, raised a family, and taught school (most recently 20 years as Kennebunk High School’s Theatre teacher and play director) ever since.

At the age of 63, I completed a master’s in Writing and the Teaching of Writing, from the University of Maine at Orono, in conjunction with the Maine Writing Project. Although my short story “Moving On” appeared in Woman's World Magazine, and two others received honorable mentions in Writer's Digest Annual Competitions, this is my debut book.

All my life, I've been endlessly fascinated with the stories of our lives. Through my writing, I aim to capture the wild wonder of our ordinary extraordinary selves, and the stunning strength of the human spirit.

The mother of three adult children, I reside in Arundel, Maine, with my husband, Bob Danzilo, and dog Minka, around the corner from my grandsons, Brooks and Boden.

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"All that I hope to say in books,

all that I ever hope to say,

is that I love the world."

E.B. White