Katherine P. Stillerman is a retired educator who turned to writing as a second career. She is author of Retirement: A Journey not a Destination, published in 2013, and Hattie’s Place, published in 2015. Stillerman graduated Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, with a BA in history. She also earned an MA in intermediate education from Campbell University in Buies’ Creek, North Carolina and an EdD in educational leadership from UNC-Greensboro. Stillerman has made her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for the last thirty-two years. She and her husband Bill have four grown sons and nine grandchildren.