Sandy Appleyard was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She now lives with her husband and two children in Niagara Falls, Ontario. She has already published one book entitled "The Message in Dad's Bottle" in September 2010 by RoseDog Books. Sandy studied Business Administration, majoring in Human Resources Management at Humber College-North Campus, and graduated with Honours in June 2000. She has several other books in progress, and is inspired to write stories about real life in order to help people get through life's challenges without feeling alone.