| − | Woods was always attracted to the prose style and moral, religious, and cultural values reflected in the writers of nineteenth-century England; a representative list including Charlotte Brontë, [[Jane Austen]], [[Charles Dickens]], and [[George Eliot]]. In order to have an opportunity to study these writers in depth, as well as the historical and philosophical context in which they wrote, Woods obtained her PhD. in Nineteenth-Century Studies, with a concentration in English Literature, from Drew University, Madison, NJ, in 1991. | + | Woods was always attracted to the prose style and moral, religious, and cultural values reflected in the writers of nineteenth-century England; a representative list of such authors includes Charlotte Brontë, [[Jane Austen]], [[Charles Dickens]], and [[George Eliot]]. In order to have an opportunity to study these writers in depth, as well as the historical and philosophical context in which they wrote, Woods obtained her PhD. in Nineteenth-Century Studies, with a concentration in English Literature, from Drew University, Madison, NJ, in 1991. |
| | Woods' self-identified mission is to supply the twenty-first century with literary fiction of the same quality, style, and values as the great nineteenth-century authors, but in a contemporary setting. Her writing style has been called "fast paced", "gripping", "uplifting", and "entertaining". | | Woods' self-identified mission is to supply the twenty-first century with literary fiction of the same quality, style, and values as the great nineteenth-century authors, but in a contemporary setting. Her writing style has been called "fast paced", "gripping", "uplifting", and "entertaining". |