Ann Tonnell is a retired registered nurse who began writing in retirement while caring for her mother. Before her twenty-plus years in nursing, she worked as a typesetter and managed her own composition firm. She lives with her wife in a North Georgia university community. In remission from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), from which she sustained a stroke, she recognizes that life is precious and temporary. While the stroke’s sequalae are minimal, they are reminders of the gift to be able to tell the stories she now writes.She is a DIY dabbler, an avid cloud admirer, and considers herself a master of nothing. She enjoys birding, fine dining, fine wine, and mixology, hanging out with friends, traveling, walking and hiking, and cycling.For a 65th birthday bucket list item in 2019, she rode her bicycle from Calais, ME, to Bridgeport, CT, and then from just south of Savannah, GA, to Key West, FL. The middle section was interrupted by parent deaths and then by COVID. In October 2022, the Bridgeport to Savannah section was halted following an abrupt encounter with pavement in Philadelphia and the resulting broken arm.Read more about this authorRead less about this author