D J GlawsonSelf-described word nerd (Thank you Gabriela Pereira of DIY MFA for that description), devoted animal lover, and book fanatic, Ms Glawson was raised in Idaho, but, thanks to the military lifestyle, has lived in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Chicao (Yes, Chicago is a separate state, maybe country), Florida, and Georgia. She has studied writing in the Writer's Digest School from 1993 to 1994 and was rated in the top five percent of her instructor, Robert Gover's, students. She has taken courses through Author's Guild and written blogs for Capper's Farmer, Grit, and Mother Earth News, and has a very infrequent blog on her website, www.djglawsonauthor.com.Ms. Glawson has lived among those on the streets and uses those experiences to embed realism into her stories. She has worked as an illustrator, doing catalog set-up and design, as a merchandiser, and in varying management roles. She has also worked as a bartender, a waitress, a housekeeper, and an electrician, and has laid shingles on roofs. She draws heavily from these experiences to flesh out her characters, making them as believable and flawed as possible. Perfect heroines and heroes only live in comic books. Read More Read Less