Career
Her first novel, The Harrowing, was published by Saint Martin"s Press in 2006. Her second novel, The Price, was published by Saint Martin"s in 2007, her third, The Unseen, in 2009, her fourth, "Book of Shadows", in 2010. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the psychological thriller Cold Kisses, and two books on story structure, "Story Structure" and "Writing Love", based on her Screenwriting Tricks for Authors workshops and blog.
"The Edge of Seventeen", short story, was the recipient of a 2009 International Thriller Writers Award.
She lives in Los Angeles and in Scotland, with the Scottish crime author Craig Robertson.