Catherine GrowCatherine Grow, a former Women's Studies instructor at Ohio University, is a writer living in a small 18th-century house that she shares with her husband in rural Connecticut. The Evolution of Hallie Jo Everheart was heavily influenced by the decade he spent living as a "back to the lander" in the southern Missouri Ozarks, an experience that has been a deep source of inspiration for much of her fiction. Read More Read Less