Toni has been writing off and on since age 12, and so far has 6 published novels and 3 others due out in 2013/14. She is a charter member of a writers group meeting weekly called Writer's Ink of Central Indiana, and has attended the Midwest Writer's Workshop held annually in Muncie, IN, since 2000 as well as numerous other workshops and seminars. She and a former collaborator presented several author chats and classes on writing and starting a writer's group. She is also a breast cancer survivor, more than 11 years cancer free. As a born-again Christian, she’s active in her local Landmark Baptist Church, serving as church clerk and mission treasurer for Eyes on Christ. She is currently working on a romantic suspense novel and a contemporary love story involving Fresian horses, set in Montana.