Jerri Lynn Ledford's first foray into writing was writing plays for bored kids whose families also happened to be stationed on the military installation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Since then, she hundreds of poems, articles, books, and stories. But it wasn't until 1994 that Ms. Ledford decided to turn her passion for writing into a career. By 1998 Ms. Ledford was writing articles, news stories, and reports full time. She went on to write 19 non-fiction books, and her debut novel, Biloxi Sunrise, a suspense thriller, was released in October 2011. When she's not writing, Ms. Ledford can always been found with a book, camera, or iPad in her hand. She studies whatever subjects strike her fancy, and she loves to spend time at the beach with her daughter, Jennifer, her husband, William, and her three dogs.