She has been writing fiction and nonfiction for more than three decades. She received the 2006 Individual Artist Grant, awarded by the Tennessee Arts Commission for her fiction. She is the co-author (with Doug Jones) of �A Season of Darkness� and co-author (with Mike Glasgow) of �An Unfinished Canvas,� stories of two high-profile murders in Nashville. Recently her narrative, �Lost Innocence,� was published in an anthology, �Masters of True Crime.�