Once a secretary and receptionist for county government, Alice now spends much of her time writing.
Any leisure time, besides time spent hunting with her husband, is spent reading, doing ceramics, crocheting and other stitchery.

She has three daughters and a son, two stepdaughters and three stepsons.

Travel between Missouri and northern Wisconsin from their southern Wisconsin home usually results in some writing time. Travel to other areas, especially west of the Mississippi, has been great for research for more books.