Veronica GunnersonVeronica "Ronnie" Gunnerson retired in 2021 after a career in communications - first as a business journalist in the early days of the personal computer and home video industries, then as a public relations executive at Turner Broadcasting System, In. (now Warner Bros. Discovery), and finally as an affiliate associate professor at Loyola University Maryland. "Emily's Secret Slippers" marks the beginning of the fourth phase of her communications journey. Widowed with grown children and grandchildren, her Calico Cat Minnie and Yorkshire Terrier Nellie keep her company as she sits at her desk looking out at the Chester River on Maryland's Eastern Shore finally pursuing the life she always dreamed of - that of a full-time writer. Read More Read Less