Michele L. Mathews earned her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Journalism and her teaching license in English and Journalism from Indiana University. She is the author of Living, Sleeping and Eating Band, a marching band memoir, and Be Strong, Book One of The Divorce Trilogy. She is the owner of Beach Girl Publishing and is the single mom to two teens. In addition to writing, Michele's passions are her children's activities, photography, scrapbooking, reading, and traveling. Pinky Swear is her second fiction novel and Book Two of The Divorce Trilogy.