Suanne SchaferSuanne Schafer is a retired family-practice physician whose pioneer ancestors and world travels fuel her imagination. She originally planned to write romances, but either as a consequence of a series of failed relationships or a genetic distrust of hppily-ever-after, her heroines are strong women who battle tough environments and intersect with men who might-or might not-love them. Suanne completed the Stanford University Creative Writing Certificate program. Her short works have been featured in print and online magazines and anthologies. Her debut women's fiction novel, A Different Kind of Fire, now entitled Passion & Paint, explores the life of Ruby Schmidt, a nineteenth-century artist who first escapes and then returns to West Texas. Suanne's second novel, Hunting the Devil, explores the heartbreak and healing of an American physician caught up in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Read More Read Less