Terry Odell was born in Los Angeles and after living several decades in Florida, now makes her home in Colorado. An avid reader (her parents tell everyone they had to move from their first home because she finished the local library), she always wanted to "fix" stories so the characters did what she wanted, in books, television, and the movies. Once she began writing, she found this wasn't always possible, as evidenced when the mystery she intended to write rapidly became a romance.

However, her entry into the world of writing can be attributed to a "mistake" when her son mentioned the Highlander television series on a visit home. Being the "good mother" she began watching the show and soon connected with the world of fanfiction, first as a reader, then as a critique giver, and then, one brave weekend, she wrote her first short story.

Things snowballed and soon she was writing her first original novel. Much later, she mentioned something about a recent Highlander episode to her son, and he said, "Oh, I've never actually watched the show, I just thought the concept was cool." Little did he know what he'd started.

With her degree in Psychology from UCLA, and a Biology minor, she loves getting into the minds of her characters, turning them loose in tight spots and seeing what they do. Too often, they surprise her.

Terry has numerous short stories published by The Wild Rose Press. Cerridwen Press has published three of her romantic suspense novels: Finding Sarah, What's in a Name?, and, Hidden Fire, a sequel to Finding Sarah. Another novel, When Danger Calls is an action-adventure romance from Five Star Expressions.

Look for another romantic suspense, Nowhere to Hide, coming from The Wild Rose Press in July 2010.

She belongs to Romance writers of America, including the Kiss of Death chapter, and Mystery Writers of America. When she's not writing, she's probably reading.