Kristin Kuhns Alexandre is an author, writer/journalist, and executive film producer. She was born in Dayton, Ohio and has a long family history there. She has written feature stories for numerous national magazines and newspapers; has worked as a publicist for the advertising agency Ammirati Puris, the Economic Development Administration of Puerto Rico, Rums of Puerto Rico, and Sweet Briar College; and was editor of the corporate magazine for Champion Internal U.S. Plywood and C.I.T. Financial Corporation.