Cherie CoonCherie Coon is a retired teacher who spent most of her career teaching the children of our military stationed in Germany. Having spent 23 years living and working there, many of the discriptions of places in her books come from her travels. Her earlylife was spent in a small town in southeastern Ohio where she graduated from high school. After high school, she attended the Ohio State University where she majored in elementary education. She has two grown children, three grandchildren and a great grandson. She and her husband, David, live in Grants Pass, Oregon. She has enjoyed writing all her life but only became serious about publishing her works recently. Read More Read Less