Beverly Pangle Scott is married and lives in Tennessee. She and her husband have two grown daughters. Ms. Scott attended Middle Tennessee State University and graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in Secondary Education. She taught in the Memphis City Schools for six years. During that time, she received her Masters in Education in the area of Guidance and Personnel Services before beginning her family. After thirteen years as a stay home Mom, she went back to work as a guidance counselor for an all-girls Catholic school. At the end of five years, Ms.Scott resigned in order to devote time to writing, resulting in the first edition of "Thank You, Sister!" released in 2003. She is currently working on several more writing projects.