Maralys Wills has lived three distinct lives: author of fifteen published books, teacher of college students, and mother of six children-five boys and a girl. Educated at Stanford and UCLA, she is married to a retired trial attorney. She currently teaches novel writing on the college level, and in 2000 was named Teacher of the Year.Her most challenging project, a poignant memoir titled Higher Than Eagles, became her biggest triumph, garnering excellent reviews and five movie options.Wills considers public speaking the dessert for all the hard work of writing, and relishes every moment spent wi...