After retiring from Florida State University, Lynn Braxtn returned to her birthplace in the panhandle of Florida with her two rescue dogs, Snuffy and Sadie. Raised an only child, her earliest companions were paper dolls cut from mail order catalogs. Today she pursues her passion for history, writing, and searching through old trunks and chests looking for a dusty shoe box full of those characters who became the foundation for lifetime of stories. She writes almost exclusively in the historical romance genre, and is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Florida Writers Association, and the Tallahassee Writers Association.