First-time author Betty R. Pritchett lives with her husband in a small town in Alabama, halfway between Montgomery and Birmingham, though she traveled extensively while growing up as an "army brat." She has three grown children and four grandchildren. Retired now, she enjoys her family, the beach, traveling, reading, writing, and anything else associated with words. She is an avid lifelong fan of Alabama football. The Indian Summer of Mary Margaret Masters is the result of believing for many years that she could write a novel.