Papyrus

Semi-Finalist - 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

Rika, a young Eritrean woman, accidentally uncovers hidden writing on a papyrus written by Queen Tiye to her son Tutankhamun. The secret text reveals shocking information about Egyptian history and launches Rika on the quest of a lifetime.



Tepui

1st Place - 2004 Pacific Northwest Writers Association
Adult Genre Novel

A burn-scarred botanist treks into the remote highlands of Venezuela
in search of an extinct plant, but discovers a lost civilization
that no one thought possible.


Aphrodesia

In Progress
The top student in the world’s best perfume school creates a phenomenal new scent – an aphrodisiac.  But a counterfeiter’s knock-off starts killing people, and efforts to find the culprit involve a mystery that goes back to the Queen of Sheba.