June Kelley Pierce is a retired Special Education teacher with a Master's Degree in both Education and Special Education. She also has as an Undergraduate Degree is Sociology and Psychology. A native of Northern New York, Pierce has made her home in the Mid-Hudson Valley. This is Pierce's first book of short stories. She has three other novels to her credit-her first book, Keeping Secrets, its sequel, Restitution, and her latest novel, Misunderstood. In 2019, Pierce published her first book of poetry, Painful Truths: A Memoir in Verse. She has also published a series of seven books for children, each focusing on a different social skill, along with a life-skills guide for parents and teachers. Pierce is a folk artist and restorer and has worked in the Hudson Valley for the past forty years. Bill Kelley is an ex-Navy Machinist Mate and a Vietnam Veteran who has held a lifetime of technical jobs. A native of Northern New York, he taught Health Physics and Nuclear Safety at a utility company for 33 years. Bill is a certified building Biology inspector and consultant with a degree in Nuclear Health Physics-and may someday finish his degree in Architecture. He has a fascination with the space program and is still upset that NASA stopped launches before he could become an Astronaut. (If any commercial launch companies need any help, he's ready to go). Bill is retired and lives with his wife, Debbie, and their pets in Virginia Beach. Writing is now his full-time job.