Irene Petteice did not start writing until she was 70 years of age. Since that time she has written Soundoff, Sell Your Soul, and The Lyin Kings. She is presently 74 years of age and has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1971. She has always been a patriot as she came from a family of military volunteers going back from the Revolutionary War through the present time. Each of her books contain a copy of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.