Stacey has been an avid reader since the age of seven. This is also the age she wrote her first story, about the tragic loss of her family dog. It was then she realized the power of a pen because writing provided a release for negative emotion. She has lived in the mid-west, east coast and Central America! Her exposure to different cultures endeared her to different types of people and their way of life. She pursued learning to read, write and speak Spanish fluently. In her work as as school ibrarian she saw a great need for more writers of "color" and pos more...