First post - hello!

I'm an author with a love of nature, so every one of my books connect with nature in some way. That love of nature began from a very young age, when my family started tent camping. Although my tent camping days are well behind me now, I still camp using a small motorhome. I am also a lover of dogs, I've always had a dog and can't see the day when I wouldn't. Even in college, when I lived in married student housing, they allowed me an exception, so I could have a dog live with me. My college studies were in Sociology and my career as a Research Social Scientist in the Forest Service allowed me to use that training and knowledge. In that career, I published books and journal articles. Included in those articles were studies of law enforcement within the Forest Service. Scientific writing is a vastly different enterprise compared to writing fiction novels. I always knew I'd eventually become a writer of novels. Retirement afforded me that opportunity. I was stuck when it came to finding a topic that might be book length. A couple of years ago I was mulling over topics when my son reminded me a I know a lot about the Forest Service and I should write about things I know. The Harley Fremont and Gemma (Harley's Rhodesian Ridgeback) series came from that discussion. Each book in the series touches on the things I know: nature, camping, motorhomes, Forest Service, law enforcement, and dogs.