Toni graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Ohio University.

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Her first novel, Out of Grace (ACW Press, 2000), sold over 800 copies.  She is still searching for the right publishing "home" for her second novel, Hidden in the Light.

 

Her third novel, A Matter of Truth placed in the top three in the contemporary genre of the Scrivenings Press "Get Pubbed" contest for 2023. The book also was runner up in the 2020 Great Novel Contest, sponsored by the Ohio Writers’ Association. Other accolades  for this novel include semi-finalist in the 2017 Somerset Book Awards (a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards) and in the 2020 & 2023 Serious Writer Inc.’s Writer of the Year Award.

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Toni also has been published in magazines and devotionals such as Guideposts, The Upper Room and Chicken Soup for the Soul ("The Forgiveness Fix," "The Blessings of Christmas," and the upcoming "Tales of Christmas").

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Toni and her husband, Dave, live in Curtice, Ohio.