My love of books developed after every visit to the library where I inevitably picked up another story about a girl and her horse. Then came my obsession with Nancy Drew and The Babysitter’s Club. I couldn’t read one; it had to be the entire series. Be it a mystery or a steamy romance, falling into the pages of a book is my favorite pastime.

    I dabbled here and there with writing, never giving it serious thought until the world shut us down, and I believed perhaps I could write a novel. Surprise of all surprises, I did it! Now I’m a teacher by day and author by night under the pen name Stacia Kaywood. Historical romances with steamy spice are my specialty. Picking an era is harder than developing plot lines, so I have a series set in the 1940s, a second series that will be set in Regency Era England, and a third set of contemporary romances that feature Kansas City.