Susan Colleen Browne is a graduate of Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University. A community college creative writing instructor and novelist, Susan is the creator of the Village of Ballydara series-stories of love, friendship and family set in rural Ireland. She's also the author of the Morgan Carey adventure-fantasy series for tweens. Susan lives with her husband John at Berryridge Farm in the foothills of the Pacific Northwest. When Susan isn't digging compost, tending veggie beds, or putting up home-grown fruit, she's working on her next Village of Ballydara novel!