M E SchumanMichelle was raised in a rural town in Eastern Washington. Her passion for nature and travel steered her to an adventurous career in wildlife biology in Alaska. While recovering from a helicopter accident, she discovered her love of writing and publihed Jaguar Moon, a novel of suspense deep in the rainforest of French Guiana. After she retired, she wrote her memoir, The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight Sun. Her life story was optioned by a female-forward production company before it hit the presses. Read More Read Less