Arlean Rosemore, born in Madelia, Mn, in 1937. Ours was a large family. I was the middle child of 9. Was married in 1956. I have 4 children , and 8 grandchildren. I always loved telling family stories and writing, but life got in the way. I was 73 before I started getting my own things done. I dropped out of school but promised myself to go back and finish. That happened 52 years after my classmates graduated. Then my first book came out. I helped my brother write his stories of working on the Alaskan pipeline. Then finished my second book. I am having a wonderful time. I have two more books running around in my head then will relax a while.