It seems Elizabeth Haysmont's entire life has been dedicated to research. At least that's the spin she's putting on it when she tries to explain why so many of her real life experiences end up in her books. Motorcyclist, photographer, graphic artist, traveler, caver, history buff, rail buff, hiker, off-roader, musician, actor - Life has dragged her (with her husband of twenty-five years) through 35 states and six foreign countries. She and her husband even chose an adventurous way to wed: in a cave near St. Louis, 50 feet underground.
She likes to think that with all this fodder for her imagination, her current friends are safe from being included in one of her novels... but you never know.