Author of YA graphic novels, children’s books, and traditional  novels, a student of Story Grid, recipient of multiple awards in writers’ groups of Texas and New Mexico.

“I believe we all face pinholes and potholes on our life journeys. How we address them says more about who we are than our birth certificates or our resumes. Learning to be menders and tenders quantifies our lives. In this season, I write to inspire people of any age to discover their best selves and to live into that discovery for the benefit of all living humans, creatures, and the resources of this incredible planet… to do life better and in the way God created us to.”

Toni lives with Mark, her partner in all deeds. They married in Limerick because… it’s Ireland! Together they have so many precocious children and grandchildren that Toni escapes to her office where dodgy villains feel safer, where Harper (the Belgian Shepherd) and Molly (the collie) pretend to protect her, and where fox squirrels and 22 species of birds thrive in the live oaks beyond her window. It is her ongoing dream to live as long as her 94-year-old mother, who thrives with us still, and learn every day to write more and love better.

Anyone can turn a hole into wholeness by making other people their priority.