Charlotte Rains Dixon The great-granddaughter of pioneers who walked across the Oregon Trail, Charlotte Rains Dixon considers herself a westerner through and through. Many of her stories are set in her home state of Oregon, where her characters reside in fictional version of her favorite wine area and coast towns, as well as Portland, where she lives. She is the author of the novel Emma Jean's Bad Behavior. When not writing fiction, Charlotte teaches writing in England, the south of France, and around the Pacific Northwest. She also coaches writers privately. She is Director Emeritus and a current mentor at the Writer's Loft, a certificate-in-writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Spalding University. Charlotte Rains Dixon lives with her husband in Portland, Oregon, in a multi-generational home that is by turns boisterous and exuberant but seldom quiet. When not writing novels, she leads writing workshops in far-flung locations, including the south of France-where she first discovered the wonders of the macaron. She is also the author of Emma Jean's Bad Behavior.She believes no breakfast is complete without a crossword puzzle to work and no Happy Hour can actually be happy without popcorn. (Wine goes without saying.) Despite frequent stays in France, she regularly fractures the language. She is, however, fluent in Carney. Charlotte writes stories about places you long to live filled with people you'd love to know.Learn more about Charlotte at her website, charlotterainsdixonauthor.com and be sure to sign up for her author newsletter here. Read More Read Less