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Some day you'll be able to read volumes one, two and three of Angele's highly anticipated memoirs, but for now you'll need to be content with this.

Angele lives in a geographic wonderland of waterfalls and gorges. Her writing studio opens onto a private gorge of her own, surrounded by dozens of hemlocks and maples and pines (and even a couple of blue spruces, though they're not in the best of health). Through this gorge runs a creek with pint-sized waterfalls, a primitive bridge and three resident hedgehogs (Montgomery, Violet and Olaf). Once there was a pileated woodpecker but it appears to have moved on.

When she's not working on her novels for young adults, Angele amuses herself with most things domestic (pies, whole-grain bread and any recipe containing capers being her current favorite culinary pursuits) and many things crafty (hand-knit scarves, hand-carved rubber stamps and hand-bound books at the moment).

Angele has yet to set foot in 8* of the 50 states. Mississippi, Vermont, West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina are her latest conquests, with the whole of the Pacific Northwest next in line. Onward to 50!

*States still on the "not yet visited" list: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington

Angele writes, mostly books and magazine articles but also personal letters on lovely stationery. You can find her first book, Investment Clubs for Dummies, at bookstores and libraries everywhere. Her second book, Introduction to Successful Investing, is available through BetterInvesting now and through Amazon in the future. She also writes a monthly column and regular features for Better Investing magazine, which you can find on many news stands or by subscription.

Angele's current project is her second foray into fiction (and her first time writing for young adults). While her initial attempt at writing a novel proved an excellent learning experience, that book was permanently locked away in the dark drawer it deserves after three years of work. Novel #2, begun in September of 2005, was much more fun to write and is almost ready to be submitted to agents and editors.

Angele completed the first draft of her third novel in November 2006 during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and will begin revising it as soon as the current novel is out the door looking for a literary home.

You can vicariously follow Angele's relentless march towards The End (or at least publication) right here. She can't wait to discover how it will all turn out.

Angele worked as a production assistant for the nationally syndicated public radio show Michael Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know?" Her favorite part of the job was answering listener mail, while maintaining the show's inventory of quirky prizes comes in at a close second.

She wrote for Investorama.com, producing among other subjects an almost unimaginable number of articles about insurance. Ask her about kidnap and ransom insurance if you're ever curious.

Angele's first job in high school was as a hostess at Cattleman's Ranch restaurant. Her original manager encouraged her to wear short skirts and smile widely at the male customers when escorting them to their table for bargain-priced filet mignon and garlic chicken. He was fired shortly after and replaced by a chain-smoking woman named Faye.

While working at Cattleman's, Angele learned that "mas papas, por favor" was the best way to ask that more baked potatoes be brought up from the kitchen. She also learned that her favorite waitress Rhonda was pregnant with her favorite busboy Roberto's child.