Brenda Smith, PhD, a retired educator, has been a teacher, principal, an assistant superintendent of schools, and a college professor.

With her dissertation “Utilizing Expectancy Theory in an Investigation of Characteristics and Career Aspirations of Women Administrators in Georgia Public Schools” completed in 1994, her attention turned to contemporary fiction stories she was longing0 to share. She is married to Jerry and a mother and grandmother. She resides in Georgia.