C. DeLayne Duffy is an American author who resides and teaches Special Education in Texas. She has taught for 20 years in New Mexico and in Texas. She attended Eastern New Mexico University where she received her Bachelors in Elementary Education and a Masters in Special Education. DeLayne fell in love with writing when she enrolled in a creative writing class while attending college. She was born and raised in Portales, New Mexico and now has two adult children and one daughter-in-love, one cat (Binx) and one dog (Sophie), who are the inspiration and motivation behind her books.