Virginia's love of writing has produced more than forty published articles, stories, poems, and two books: The Promise, and Comforting Arms. Honey and Onions is her third. She attended Nyack College, married a seminary student and together they ministered in a church in Dallas, Texas. Their missionary work was focused in India and Israel.

Now retired from more than fifty years of service abroad, Virginia, a widow, enthusiastically promotes missions by accepting speaking engagements and working in her church. She has four children, seven grandchildren, lives in North Carolina, enjoys teaching music and English, and continues to write.