Heidi E V McCannBorn and raised in Hartford, CT, Heidi spent her summers in Vermont. She graduated from The Loomis Chaffee School where she learned about the power and importance of the written word. She earned her undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and her graduate degree from Dartmouth College. She honed her skills as a creative writer at both institutions. When she was 23, her boyfriend at the time was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, and was given 6-12 months to live. She left her job, cared for him full time and they were married 22 days before his death. Journaling helped her while they lived with the disease as well as after his death and she eventually used those entries to write her first book.Heidi remarried and now lives in Simsbury, CT, with her husband, their four children and two dogs. She relishes the time they spend as a family. Heidi sets aside at least one hour a day to physically move her body during which time ideas, words, and sentences of future books enter her mind. Read More Read Less