Annette Myers is a National Indie Excellence Award winning author. She is a Fernandina Beach, Florida, native, community activist, and a retired Nassau County educator. She has taught in the public school system of Florida on various levels, including Florida State College of Jacksonville. Since retirement, she has published three non-fiction books about historic American Beach. American Beach lies on the south end of Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach. Annette is well-traveled in and out of the United States. Her home is American Beach, in northeast Florida, where she is a long-time property owner and the owner of Martha's hideaway. Her home, Martha's Hideaway, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places October 12, 2001. Annette earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Florida A. & M. University in Tallahassee, Florida, Master of Science degree from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, and her Educational Specialist degree from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the proud mother of son Donald Myers (wife Dedria), grandchild Delaney Ann Myers and foster daughter Alria Wilson Mundy.