About the Author

As a young girl at the age of seven down in Texas, I picked cotton along side my mother and daddy. I would sometimes have to sit in the shade of a big oak tree and tend to my two younger brothers while our parents and sister continued to work. We did not own any books, nor did we have access to a library. Therefore, in order to keep the little guys quiet and from running around getting into things, I made up stories to tell them. They loved the stories, especially the one about the little lost dog who wanted his mother. I noticed that I could evoke different emotions from them by changing the types of stories I told. 

Later, my parents moved our family to Washington State. I married and my story telling stayed with me while raising my children. I told them stories about my own childhood, which was so different from theirs. They loved the story about my brother and me at ages six and eight when we stole a watermelon from our neighbor’s watermelon patch and sat on the corner eating it in front of anyone who passed by. We honestly did not think it was stealing. We did not think the neighbor would care! We had watched this particular melon growing every day on our way to our mailbox. The day finally came when it was ripe for picking. We knew because we had lots of ripe melons at home. Our parents caught us of course and reprimanded us severely.

During the busy years of earning a living, I would take a few minutes now and then to write poetry. I had no idea of writing a book. However, after mastering the business of learning to use a computer, I continually had the urge to write…something… anything.

After retiring, I joined a writing club that consisted of a few women who wanted to write. One or two had done some writing and publishing. The leader of the group told me that I should write a romance novel. I trusted her advice and since I loved to read romance novels, I sat down at my computer and started to write one. The characters in the book presented themselves and I discovered interesting things about their lives and wrote them down as they presented them. It has been a most rewarding adventure.

--Ellen C. Edson