- Mother of twins, Danny and Rachel (now 24)
- Swam with Keiko the killer whale while writing for Jean-Michel Cousteau.
- Proved to Michael Chiarello that you can cook eggs in a paper bag over a fire.
- Helped Chuck Williams write a few of those letters that used to be on the inside-front cover of the Williams-Sonoma catalog.
- Cowrote The Essence of Chocolate which won a James Beard Award.
- Fell in love with Newfoundland while in St. John’s for the very first meeting of Writing Walking Women.
- Would rather be reading than doing anything else. Favorite writers include Louise Penny, Kate Atkinson, Jandy Nelson, Noel Streatfield, Agnes Walsh.
- Married to Brad for 33 years.