In 2001, I married a man named Lou Zant. He is 20 years older than me. (I know. It’s a big gap.) But he’s this totally inspiring and hilarious man who makes me feel happy, engaged and like anything is possible. He’s got a boyish charm and a full-on junior-high sense of humor that makes […]

December 16, 2008. That was the day we realized we had $68 left to our name.  With hindsight, I remember that the months leading up to that date were super strange. My first novel (Hurricane Season) was in circulation that year, and I was just getting back from my opening book tour in late September. […]

I often tell people that if Lou and I were ice cream, I’d be vanilla, and Lou would be Rocky Road.  I’m very simple and plain in my way of doing things, whereas Lou is creative and gravitates toward things that are risky, mixed up and complicated. But the base of Rocky Road includes some […]