A former television news producer, Trina has spent over a decade writing for a large audience. A member of the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators, she began writing picture books six years ago, which gave her the courage to write a novel three years later. All of her teen novels are works of contemporary literary fiction. Trina uses events from her childhood, news stories, and classic literature to shape her books.

A perpetual student, Trina is a graduate of the prestigious liberal arts school, Columbia College Chicago--where she landed an internship and later a job at Fox News. Currently Trina studies British and American literature at the Graduate School of Northern Illinois University. She'll have her Master's soon, she assures us. 

To Trina, writing is her soulmate. Although she has tried to break up with "writing" several times, he always comes back and wants to make up.

She's happy to share her love of books with readers, students, instructors, and other writers.