Like most authors, the power of the written word has been a driving force for Roxanne Ward since grade school. She was heavily influenced by her father, a college administrator, wi...ver másLike most authors, the power of the written word has been a driving force for Roxanne Ward since grade school. She was heavily influenced by her father, a college administrator, with a love of literature and a fascination with science. Her mother was a college instructor who worked with PTSD veterans. She had a creative spirit and shared many hands-on experiences in art and nature with her children. Grace, her maternal grandmother, was a poet. She also kept an ongoing journal which Roxanne was encouraged to add to every visit. It inspired Roxanne to keep a journal. She joined the Air Force Reserves because she wanted to travel, and met her husband while they were working on the same aircraft. She raised four children with her husband while earning her MS in education from the University of Idaho. She was hired as a middle school teacher, teaching language arts and science until she retired in the summer of 2019. Though anxious to write her first book, she took on the task of tutoring her granddaughter during Covid until her school reopened. Northern Idaho has been her home for over three decades. She and her husband live a blessed life on five acres with their border terrier Nikki.ver menos