"I didn't start out to be a writer.  It just sort of evolved," Charlotte notes.  She had always kept a journal and thought about maybe writing a novel one day, but work, life in general, plus raising a family, always took precedent.

Her college courses of accounting and computers led her to accept jobs in major corporations, a position which she held for a number of years.  At forty-two, she undertook the arduous task of training for Deputy Sheriff.   (I don't know what came over me, Charlotte confesses.  Maybe it was a mid-life crisis.)

"Graduating from the law enforcement academy was a great achievement in my life.  My job as Deputy sheriff was a wonderful, and sometimes, dangerous, learning experience."  Fascination with her job inspired her to go back to college and study Criminal Justice, and would later provide the foundation for her first novel, Switched.

Retired now, and living with her husband in southwest Florida, she concentrates on traveling, boating, camping, and, of course, writing.  Her travels have taken her from Hawaii to Western  Europe and from Canada to Mexico.  Her second novel, Say Aloha to Murder also features the pragmatic Hopewell, Virginia police Detective James Hardrock. 

Her third Detective Hardrock mystery, Murder is Relative, is a work-in-progress.

She is a member of the American Business Women's Association, the Peace River Center for Writers, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Toastmasters. She is also contributing writer to Women's Digest Magazine, www.FloridaWomensDigest.com  

Be sure to check out the author's page on www.CrimeSpace.ning.com/  & www.police-writers.com

You can e-mail the author at:  dpwilliamson@juno.com