Born in Florida, Brooks sojourned in north Texas before landing in Lyon County, Nevada near Carson City. Her 'day job' still provides fodder for novels in progress, having driven a motor coach (tour-bus) in 36 states and Mexico. In the Sierras she averages 8 minutes when installing 35 pound snow chains on her bus tires, but she has no real experience chaining a car. Brooks has many hair raising and funny stories involving buses and people. Her observations go a long way in creating her novels. A romantic at heart, Brooks includes the human angle as a back story that sometimes comes to the forefront. Real locations are given 'character' status so you may recognize locations in her novels. Whether you have visited the the snowy mountains of California or the barren deserts of Nevada in real life, you'll recognize places and circumstances. If you are a first time visitor from your arm chair, you'll 'see', feel and fear as you never thought you could. The 'views' are spectacular as Brooks lets you know the dangers and needed precautions for safe enjoyment. Before A Deadly July was published, Brooks was told it wasn't a romance because the people are married to each other, how boring! Ha! Ok, so the newly married sheriff must solve mysteries with fatalities mounting. He fears being paranoid about his new wife, but when she stumbles across an illegal marijuana farm and disappears, he plots a rescue. Poor guy, no wonder he is hoping August is a dud. Often truth is stranger than fiction, and many of the events are taken from the headlines. In Brooks' latest novel, The Murder Channel, Brooks stays closer to home in northern Nevada but can't resist showing you a glimpse of the more desert regions of the state. This time a Reno detective chases a serial killer, but what is his relationship to the killer's latest victim?