Rosemary Dew received her BS in nursing from The Johns Hopkins University one month before her 50th birthday. A certified hospice and palliative care nurse, Dew has worked at Johns Hopkins in the oncology surgical ICU and at The National Institutes of Health in infectious disease research. She also holds an M.A. in writing from Johns Hopkins and a B.A. in Slavic languages. Previous to nursing, Dew had an intriguing background with careers as an FBI agent and as a consultant to the U.S. government. Dew is also the author of NO BACKUP: MY LIFE AS A FEMALE FBI AGENT.