Although she has written stories since adolescence, Nancy McKenzie worked as a medical secretary, hospital clerk, college philosophy instructor, manager of a 60-horse show barn and mother of three daughters before she published her first novel at 46.

"Writing used to be my hobby," McKenzie says. "I used to write for relaxation and to please myself. Now that I have the opportunity to please other people as well, I work harder at it." A graduate of Mount Holyoke College with an M.A. in Philosophy from Tufts University, Ms. McKenzie lives in southern Connecticut with her husband Bruce.

Biography provided by the author, December 2002.