Linda S PratherNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Linda S. Prather was born in Kentucky in 1955. She currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with her fiance, Coby W. Fuson. She has two wonderful sons, Charles and Steven. She has always loved reading an writing. And although perhaps not a great literary work, she loved and was inspired by Old Yeller. The characters in that book were real to her. When she started writing, it was her greatest desire to write characters that readers could love and hate, laugh and cry with. Knowledge was another love. She wanted to learn about everything. She studied metaphysics; delving into touch healing, dream analysis, meditation, and hypnosis. She received her associate's degree in metaphysics in 1992 and continued from there to become a certified clinical hypnotherapist. She spent several years studying the effects of hypnosis on cancer and pain. She taught meditation, dream analysis and self-hypnosis through Eastern Kentucky University's Special Programs for four years. The power of the mind has always fascinated her. She's recently become a paranormal investigator. Read More Read Less