Brenda K. Massman is a debut author and former award-winning magazine editor/writer with Adams Publishing Group. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Illinois and held a career in the publishing industry for several years before moving into the realm of finance. Much of her free time is spent writing stories about female protagonists set in the mid-1900s, reading across genres, and being outdoors at any opportunity. Brenda resides in southeast Minnesota, where she raised her three children and now lives with her husband, Theodore.