A professional copywriter for more than three decades, and newspaper columnist since 2004, Marti Healy has received numerous industry writing awards. The majority of her career was spent with a communications firm in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was vice president and senior writer. Marti relocated to Aiken, South Carolina, in 2004, where she now shares her home with dogs Sophie and Teddy and cat Sparkey. Since January of 2008, she has devoted her time exclusively to various personal writing projects. Marti is a popular speaker on the topics of her books as well as her writing career, and enjoys meeting with book clubs and other groups utilizing her books. She has appeared on numerous daytime television shows in the Southeastern area, and has served on panels and as a featured speaker at regional book festivals.