Pamela Bastien is retired from a career in the office arena, and is a non-combat veteran serving four years in the U.S. Navy as a hospitalcorpman, and seventeen years in the Minnesota Army National Guard. This is her first published novel. She grew up in Dovray, Minnesota. She and her husband spent many years in Naples, Florida, managing condominiums. Her husband was a Vietnam combat veteran and died in 2015 from exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. She now spends time traveling, reading and spending time with her three children and their mates and seven grandchildren. She also volunteers for the Brainerd International Speedway CRA and for the Veterans.