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But it was on those foggy, cozy San Francisco evenings when we girls would gather around an adult whose turn it was to read to us that I was magically transported.

This was before the over-extended/jaded senses we all suffer today as a result of media overload. We did have radio, and that wonderful Saturday matinee movie experience loomed large in our lives. But enjoying a good book was by far the most satisfying way of being entertained and enriched.

I made up my mind early on that at some point in my life writing would be my calling.

A health concern nipped my promising dance career in the bud. I married a wise, successful businessman, since gone on to his reward, to whom I'm indebted for getting me well grounded in matters practical -- opposites attract.

I became very much involved in the family business. I had two sons.

I did some writing during those years, chiefly fantasy, but most of it I stuffed unfinished in bottom drawers in an old chest behind clothes at the back of my closet.

I have not been able to ignore Princess Illat of Ata'Landa, though. She has persistently nagged at me for the respect due her. The result is "Daughter of the Moon".

Trivia: My sign is Leo. I live in Cupertino, CA in a house on a lovely little creek where every day I am privileged to commune with the wildlife. I read the dictionary for the simple pleasure of learning new words and their origins. I am still able to perform certain ballet exercises, if not quite as nimbly as before. I was gently reared but I am a hopeless football freak. I can never get enough chocolate.