A mix of Mexican and Honduran, Terri grew up in a small Texas town, whose claim to fame is it's the hometown of Janis Joplin. She is the fifth child of six brothers and sisters. She began reading and writing at an early age to fill a void, her love of books inherited from her mother. At the age of twelve she penned her first book, a short story titled The Day the Earth Exploded. After graduating high school she lived the life of a pseudo nomad, living in various parts of the U.S. only to return to Texas. Because... there's no place like family. Terri always knew she wanted to write, but she was determined to learn her craft before she committed words to a page. She took several online courses and read stacks of novels as training before writing her first real book. She has since published three novels and a novella and her work has been compared to Nora Roberts and Catherine Coulter...an honor she humbly accepts. She currently resides in southeast Arizona with her husband (and love of a lifetime), four children and two very misbehaving dogs.