Donna Croy Wright lives with her husband and a cat in the Sierra-Nevada foothills near Yosemite. She has a Masters in Art from Fresno State University and worked for years as a teacher and elementary school principal. Her passions for genealogy and American history morphed into a love of writing on her blog, www.croywright.com, and in her novels of historical fiction. When not researching and writing, she finds peace in her garden.