Tricia Bauer was born and grew up in Baltimore. She began writing as a young girl and later studied poetry before turning to fiction writing. Tricia has written for newspapers and magazines and held editorial and marketing jobs with different children's book publishers. Her stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies throughout the U.S., and her nonfiction travel features have been published in "The New York Times" and" International Herald Tribune," Her first book, "Working Women and Other Stories," was published in 1995 to critical acclaim. "Boondocking" was first published in...