Since 1997, Connie has homeschooled her four
children—Sarah, Michael, Kerry, and Adam.

She and her husband Chris have been married for over 20 years and live in Mechanicsville, Virginia, with their kids and their “grandchildren,” consisting of a very serious sentry dog named Chessi, two guinea pigs who think the dog is their mother, and an assortment of fish who are fairly uninvolved in the business of the household.

(Since we often find Chessi on the sofa with the book manuscript on laptop in front of her, we think she

may claim authorship to part of the book but cannot prove it.)

While Connie has a degree in finance and an MBA specializing in small business, her first loves have always been writing, teaching, and history. She was first professionally published at 16 as a youth reporter for the Richmond News Leader (now merged with the Richmond Times Dispatch.) She was formerly a docent at Berkeley Plantation on the James River and now leads a children’s writing group.