Renate KrakauerRenate Krakauer's career included senior roles in education, and municipal and provincial governments. She retired as president of a Health Sciences educational institution. She has published short stories in literary among them Parchment, The Storytller, and Foliate Oak; essays in the The Globe and Mail, journals and two anthologies; a memoir But I Had a Happy Childhood; and two plays. Only by Blood is her first novel. Renate lives in Toronto with her husband. She has three adult children, two stepsons, and six grandchildren. Read More Read Less