About The Author

Simms was born in Southern Colorado to Bill and Jacque Simms. She is the sixth of nine children in her family. Her brother, Tom Simms, is a Spanish and Language Arts teacher at Pueblo Centennial High School . In 1981, Simms graduated from Centennial High School.Simms began her acting career at age 13. She started doing Broadway after graduating from high school and starred in numerous plays such as Other People’s Money, Mame, Can-Can, Sweet Charity, and Bye Bye Birdie during the 1980s. She was also a member of the original Los Angeles, California cast of Beauty and the Beast and toured around the world with A Chorus Line in 1986.