K E SwopeK.E. Swope was born in south central Pennsylvania in 1943. She became a teacher, but inside she remembered the road past her parent's home and how she wished she could see what was at the other end. After teaching, she took time off for two growing bys and later became a technical writer. With her husband's encouragement, she did followed some new roads-among others, she became a licensed soccer referee, drove a race car and climbed the Great Wall of China. Now retired, she lives in southeastern Connecticut. Read More Read Less