R. Jetleb

I was born in Cologne, Germany, and came to Canada when I was 18 months old. I lived in Toronto before moving to Brantford, Ontario in 2013 with my husband and two teenage children. I have a son, now 20, and a daughter who just turned 19. I have a degree in psychology as well as an Early Childhood Education diploma.

I have always enjoyed working with children, and it has been a huge part of my life. I babysat as a young teen, was a live-in nanny, and have volunteered as a leader for both Girl Guides and Boy Scouts. I worked in a Scarborough daycare before having my son in 1999, and then was self-employed with Wee Watch Home Daycare for 13 years.

I enjoy reading, and began writing stories when I was eight years old. My writing faded into the background after high school, and it wasn't until after my son was born that I picked up the pen again to write fiction for pleasure. After stumbling onto a correspondence course on writing for children and teenagers, What about Hailey? was born. But What about Hailey? was tucked into a drawer, not to see the light of day for fifteen years until I discovered Cavern of Dreams publishing shortly after moving to Brantford.

Since releasing What about Hailey? with Cavern of Dreams, I have written four other children's novels: What about Dylan? and What about Lucas? and my teen series: The Girl in the Mall and F-I-N-E is a four-letter Word.