Author Kathy Rae has owned a business for more than three decades. A writer for most of her life, she has taken a course at the Children's Institute for Writing and one at The Bestseller Blueprint. The story for "The Jewel of Hope "fell into her lap during a visit to Fountain Hills, Arizona, and she felt it had to be written after discovering the related statues, structures, and artwork throughout the city. The author lives in a small town in Southeastern Idaho.