Rebecca Dartt, born in Decatur, Georgia, holds degrees from Miami University, Ohio, and Ohio State University. Her other published works include: The Straight Story. An informal history of Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University; Good Cop/Bad Cop, New Horizon Press; Sweet Mercy, Golden Quill Press; Women Activists in the Fight for Georgia Desegregation, McFarland & Company. She lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband, George, and two Maine Coon cats.