I have crazy purple hair. My job is pet sitting. I live in foster care in Iowa, and I don't have any pets. I like history museums. I like abstract paintings. My mother was a writer. My mother died when I was six. I live in a small city. I don't own a car.
I live in New York City. I work from home as a writer. I write novels. I have had one novel published. My favorite museums are art museums. I have ten nieces and nephews. I like to take my nieces and nephews to museums.
Where else do you find inspiration for your novels? I find a lot of inspiration in nature and the beauty around me.  What inspired you to have purple hair? It has a lot to do with anime. There are many characters that have power and purple.   Cool! That is very interesting.  What types of pets do you sit? I take care of some cats.  There are a few dogs that are very happy to see me.  I bet the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium could inspire a few books. I bet it could! I love the Aquarium.  That is a great idea to draw inspiration.  Which artists are your favorite to see at the museums? Roy Lichtenstein or Praxiteles. Sometimes modern art gets you going, some times a little Greek classic. I like Monet and Renoir but Da VInci is really interesting too.  Have you ever tried to write a novel based on the adventures of a young Monet.  You know turn him into a Nancy Drew Figure solving mysteries in the museum.  Jinkes. I tried that out by first story telling to my nieces and nephews but they had no clue who Nancy Drew was.  What type of books did your mom write? She wrote technical books about gene splicing techniques.  She was very upset about the size of tomatoes and wanted people to stop genetically modify them. Wow that is amazing!  Do you want to write books someday too?