Trudee Lewis grew up in Ashland, Oregon. She received her B.S. from the University of Oregon and her M.A. from Western Michigan in Speech Pathology. Trudee retired as a speech and language therapist after 37 years. She and Tristan live in Napa, CA. and work as a therapy team in Paws for Healing. This is the second of nine books written about Tristan's adventures.