V. Karen McMahon, born and raised in southwestern Virginia, has lived in Virginia's horse country for many years. Her career included owning and managing an art and gift shop. After many years of working as an editor and writer for several companies, culminating in consulting work after retirement, she decided to turn her writing skills to personal writing. To date, she has authored books, short stories, poems and song lyrics. In addition to the ebooks on amazon.com's kindle site, some of her other works can be seen on her personal website: www.writingsbykaren.yolasite.com.