Topeka, Kansas, United States
I grew up in Northern California where I spent every spare moment in theater and speech and debate. When I was 18, I moved to France and lived in a cloistered monastery for ten years before leaving, like Maria Von Trapp and returning to the world. I went to college where I was 10 years older than all my classmates and, after several years, met and married my husband. I have five children who are all in love with the theater and have all been in Wizard of Oz. I am now a substitute teacher and a writer. I have also given lectures about the psychological processes of living in and leaving a cult.

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