Some of the greatest women in my life come from my family, my mother, my grandmother, and great grandmother. These were traditional women, strong and loving. I adopted my grandmother's first and middle name as my pen name, I threw in the initial "E" for something extra. Many often wonder why I chose to use someone else's name rather than my own. Well, the story of my short-lived marriage to a con-artist and abuser became a risk factor to the publishing house. I chose to chronicle details of my marriage that were rather ugly. It almost seemed untrue, but every line is true.