Carol Cannon's dream of becoming an author began when she was in fifth grade with the encouragement of her teacher and father. When she retired after thirty years of teaching, she decided it was time to pursue that dream. Carol began her Kerry Series with Forgiveness. Hope is the second book in the series. Two more books will follow to complete the series. Each book focuses on one of the four main characters: Layne, Nona, Dixie, and Betty Jo.Carol grew up on a farm near the small town of New Market, Indiana with two sisters and three brothers. She left the farm to attend Manchester College where she met and fell in love with her husband, David. They married and had three wonderful children, who have given them seven precious grandchildren.Carol has loved living in the Hawkinsville, Georgia, area for the past forty years with her husband in the log-home that they, along with their children, built from the ground up. She thanks God every day for her many blessings of family and friends.