I can say hello, please, thank you, and ‘one coke please’ in seven languages.I play the handbells. When I travel, I always visit the local bookstore: Shakespeare and Company Bookstore (Paris), and Atlantis Books (Santorini)-two of my favorites. I’m still in eighth grade, but now I teach it!I got my undergraduate degree from the American College in London. I choose my music based on what I’m writing and on the weather.I have won NaNoWriMo five times. I play golf in hopes of getting that hole-in-one.I live with my husband and teenage son.My favorite day of the year is the Summer Solstice.The beach is my happy place.