The daughter of a Lutheran minister and a teacher, Stacey never found any shortage of books in her house or people to read to her (though her mother swears she still has most of Little House on the Prairie memorized from reading it aloud so often). Stacey created her first story before she could even write, dictating it to her mother, who jotted it down on a paper bag.
Growing up, Stacey wanted to be Nancy Drew, a fellow redhead and one of the first fictional heroines she ever admired. She was always eager for the next trip to the used bookstore to find out what Nancy, George and Bess were up to now and whether Nancy would ever figure out that investigating that “strange noise” alone was the quickest way to end up bound and gagged in an attic somewhere.
Stacey graduated from Valparaiso University in 1997 with an English degree. She loves writing stories, and she is grateful to God every time she is given the opportunity to do so.
She currently lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Greg, and two retired racing greyhounds, Joezooka and Tall Walker.