Louise Ann Barton is a master storyteller from a family of Cherokee master storytellers, an author, a poet, and a lecturer. She has an MA in business education, a minor in law, and a Master Gardener’s Certification. She has authored both Web and newspaper articles, novels, short stories, flash fiction, poetry, children’s stories, and plays, edits musical CD inserts, and is a ghostwriter. After a lifetime as a New Yorker, this great grandmother retired to the New Jersey Pine Barrens with her faithful, feline companion.