Roxanne WardLike most authors, reading and writing are Roxanne's passions. She was heavily influenced by her father, a college administrator, with a love of literature and a fascination with science. Her mother was a college instructor with a creative spirit shaing many hands-on experiences in art and nature. She joined the Air Force Reserves and met her husband while working on the same aircraft. She earned her MS in education from the University of Idaho and was hired as a middle school teacher where she taught language arts and science until she retired in the summer of 2019. Though anxious to write her first book, she took on the task of tutoring her granddaughter during Covid until her school reopened. Northern Idaho has been her home for over three decades. She and her husband live a blessed life on five acres with their border terrier Nikki. Read More Read Less