Sheila Loyd Campbell is the author of fifteen books including five in her Sharona Dugan series. She completed several writing courses over the years before deciding she was ready to take the publishing plunge. Before writing full-time, Sheila has worked as a fountain girl in a drug store, worked for the Department of the Army, including serving in the U.S. Army Reserves, Department of Agriculture, as a day care center director, and as a substitute teacher. She is married to a rancher and they have two grown daughters and a son-in-law who is her favorite cook. When she is not writing or thinking about her next novel, Sheila enjoys reading and playing with her dogs.