SALLY STILES worked for fourteen years in New York City as an editor and writer and, later, as an advertising executive. In addition, she has published over a hundred magazine articles, several books, poetry and short stories. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts After leaving New York, she and her husband, David, lived in Nigeria, Michigan, New Hampshire, Tanzania, British Columbia, Washington State and Virginia. She taught writing at Lebanon College in New Hampshire, at the Simon Fraser Writing and Publishing Program in Vancouver, B.C., and the Christo...