About

Originally from sunny California, Heather now lives in the Land of Perpetual Cloud Cover and Mold—aka the Pacific Northwest—with her handsome husband, two autistic sons, and their two dogs.

Writing has always been a major part of Heather’s life. From her carefully scrawled tale of Heather the Happily Hopping Hippopotamus, to the surprisingly popular high school play about a guy who stopped up a girl’s toilet on their first date, she’s been driven to put words on the page. She penciled her first novel the summer between 8th and 9th grade, filling the front and back of 389 pieces of binder paper with the life and times of 8th grade misfit, Mercedes Benz, which she thought was the coolest name ever. Fortunately for her future characters—and sons—Heather’s taste in names has improved with age.

Though she needs sunshine like (most) people need oxygen, Heather loves all things darkly beautiful. When she isn’t plotting mayhem with the Army of Awesome, teaching class, or holding down her Managing Editor day gig, you’ll find her in the office, iPod blaring, giving voices to the flawed characters who live inside her head.

Heather is a member of Savvy Authors, YALITCHAT, and SCBWI, as well as an associate member of RWA.

To distract the analytical half of my brain long enough to release my more creative side, I began editing in the legal and technical sectors eight years ago while working as a Production Manager. That was… boring. So I moved onto my true love—fiction. After honing my editing skills as a freelancer and acquisitions editor with a small romance ePress, I accepted the position of Managing Editor for Entangled Publishing, an awesome author-centric publishing house.

By far, the best perk of being an editor is discovering and working with talented authors. It’s like a never ending treasure hunt!

Here are some of the awesome authors I’ve worked with:

Jus Accardo, Tiffany Allee, Christine Ashworth, Traci Bell, Shea Berkley, Melanie Card, Christa Desir, Rachel Firasek, Tara Fuller, Kendall Grey, Chloe Jacobs, Laura Kaye, Rosalie Lario, Crista McHugh, Theresa Meyers, Jean Murray, Cari Quinn, Katee Robert, Faye Robertson, AE Rought, Inara Scott, Wendy Sparrow, Katy Upperman, Melissa West