Donna Scofield and her husband raised their four children on a farm in the Yakima Valley. She worked as an elementary school secretary, office manager, and as an administrative secretary in the school district administration office. Her family humor column has been published in the Yakima Herald Republic newspaper for eleven years. She is the author of a novel based on the life of her great-great-grandfather, called "Back Home." Her agent is seeking a publisher for her newest novel, "That First Montana Year."