After retiring from Florida State University, Lynn Braxton returned to her birthplace in the Panhandle of Florida with her two rescue dogs, Snuffy and Sadie. Raised an only child, her earliest companions were paper dolls cut from mail order catalogs. Today, while she pursues her passion for history and writing, she still finds time to search among old trunks and boxes for a dusty shoebox filled with those characters who became the foundation for a lifetime of stories.