Toni Sweeney's writing career began during an extended convalescence following an automobile accident.  Since her recovery, she has survived tornados and snow-covered winters in the Midwestern United States and currently lives amid the sunshine, earthquakes, and forest fires of Orange County, California.  She is also a member of the South Coast Writer's Association, the Pink Fuzzy Slipper Writers website, has her own website, myspace, Facebook, and YouTube pages. She presently has nine novels in publication, as well as several short stories featured in magazines, online, and on amazon.com's Amazon Shorts.