Kate Banco is an Indie Author who lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband. She lived, worked and married in Madrid, Spain for four years. This experience led her to study Spanish at Oregon State University and become a Spanish and ESL teacher. She taught for twenty-three years in the Salem-Keizer School District. Since retirement Kate has written two young adult novels and one new adult novel. She and her husband took an extended trip to India and Spain to do research and write.