This novel by Grace Peterson has been preceded by a lifetime of writing, beginning with editorials for her high school paper, which she co-edited. During her 55-year career as a professor of psychology, she wrote case history research reports at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, which resulted in a life-long interest in the welfare of children. She wrote elementary school curricula for the Minnesota Mathematics and Science Center, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota. She has also authored many research reports on learning, gambling, environmental attitudes, a statistics chapter, book reviews, and opinion pieces, as well as books on learning, child development, and organizational psychology. Along with her husband, Keith, she edited a book on the organization of the Russian Orthodox Church. She has also been acknowledged for her assistance and editing of several books. With her husband, she has raised an international family of six children.