Joy Peeler is a native Floridian born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A graduate of the University of Florida in Elementary Education her career spanned twenty-eight years in the Alexandria City Public School System. Retiring early to live on a boat and cruise the waters of Florida and the Bahamas, she returned to teaching in 2006 to a dream job of teaching creative writing at a private school in Longwood, Florida. Joy continues to substitute teach and work with children. While living in Alexandria, Joy's mother lived in the condominium, Skyline Plaza. The story of the Skyline Ducks is based on a...