After graduating from Brenau College, Tori pursued a career in Aviation.  She successfully obtained all her licesnces up to an Airline Transport Pilot and was an accomplished instructor teaching all levels of pilots. Tori left the Aviation World for a career in public safety communications as a 9-1-1 Operator.  An avid reader of  many different genres, writing had always been a secret passion of hers that she actively started pursuing several years ago.  The inspiration came through the loss of a close friend.  Her first novel, Coming Home, is dedicated to that friend.  She released her second novel in the trilogy, Ethel's Song, last Fall through Turnip Press Publishing.  Tori is currently working on the final novel in the trilogy, Unexpected Places.  It is scheduled for relase in the Fall of 2012. She currently makes her home in the Athens area with her husband and four rescue cats.