BIO Jane Alden was born and raised in a small Mississippi River Delta community in Arkansas. Everyone in town knew everyone else, their parents, and their grandparents before them. After graduating from the University of Arkansas, she moved to California and taught 7th grade English in a small central valley citrus-farming community. When she was recruited on the phone at U of A, she looked up Porterville, California, on the map, and it was only about an inch and a half north of Los Angeles, but it turned out the culture was closer to Arkansas or Oklahoma than to the bright lights and big city she craved. After two years teaching, she moved to Los Angeles, began a career in health care management. After many lucky circumstances and thanks to wonderful mentors, she became a hospital administrator and then an executive coach, working with successful executives who want to be better leaders. Jane and her partner live in a small town just east of Los Angeles. Their chocolate lab, Delilah, is the captain of the domestic ship. She tends to fall in love with her characters and hopes you will too. Visit janealden.com for news, chats, and other interesting things. Thanks so much for connecting!Read more about this authorRead less about this author