Short Bio:
I have worked 45 years in public sector mental health, with people with psychiatric disabilities. I want to tell stories that are interesting and entertaining, and I think my work world offers conflicts and dilemmas that could make it interesting for others to enter. Put another way, my challenge as a story teller is to give readers an entry into that world, and to draw them in. I want to dramatize the ethical issues and philosophical choices and dilemmas inherent in psychiatric rehabilitation work, which reflect universal life issues, and to share the human drama experienced by people in mental health recovery, their families, and the people who support them in their efforts.The way people work together as they struggle with the inherent conflicts in their work is something that interests me. At 65 and recently retired from my work, writing is a hobby, though I do dream of a readership.
I am currently writing a novel that I hope will be the first in a series.