Mary Ann “Mimzi” Schradi interweaves experience and imagination into her writing, adding color and texture through her travels, love of nature and participation in the arts.  The evergreens, cliffs, mountains and wildlife that signify the Puget Sound, as well as hikes on the beach with her Cairn terriers,  create the inner peace that surrounds her writing.  Her first novel, PsyChic in Seattle, is available on-line and in bookstores.  Its sequel, Frantic in Fiji, is due for publication soon.  She is one of the Prime Five Authors in Detective Ink, an e-book, and she has contributed poetry to the Skagit Valley Writers League’s 2015 anthology, Tales for a Lazy Afternoon.