Jordan McCollum longs to write the next Great American Novel—but I keep getting sidetracked by these fantastic stories that happen to be genre fiction. I love writing, and at this point romantic suspense is my favorite genre to write in. How can you beat a story where good defeats evil and true love conquers all?

The first chapter of my manuscript Saints and Spies took first place in the 2010 LDStorymakers Conference First chapter contest, mystery/suspense category. Feel free to read an excerpt from that chapter, or read about some of my current projects.

In addition to writing and maintaining my personal website, I write about fulfillment in motherhood at MamaBlogga, my personal blog. I’ve worked in Internet marketing since I graduated college and most recently spent three years as editor of an Internet marketing news site, Marketing Pilgrim.

I was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. A graduate of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, I earned a Bachelor’s in American Studies and Linguistics with minors in Spanish and English. (It’s not as hard as it sounds. ) When I catch a spare minute amidst raising my children, my hobbies include reading, blogging, knitting, and watching almost every murder mystery and spy show on television today (my faves are Law & Order and Burn Notice). My husband, Ryan, and I make our home in Utah with our children, Hayden, Rebecca and Rachel.