Katrina Mackrides retired from the retail industry as a top-ranked district manager after over forty years. During the COVID lockdown, she began to write, inspired by her dreams. Her first book, The Salty Swan, was created around a reoccurring dream. Katrina is a lifetime fitness enthusiast and has been a professional group-exercise instructor for over thirty-eight years. She is a native Floridian and is married, with two adult children. She enjoys traveling, reading, exercise, and adventure.
