About the Author

We have been great friends for 20 years. Though we started writing these stories down in 2012, we came up with most of the ideas around 2001-2002. Cristin Kist loves words and has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. She hates squirrels and the music of Billy Joel, but loves dogs, travel, champagne, and fashion. She is also devoted to her amazing family and friends. She lives with her awesome, beautiful, dog, Miss Isla "Sookie" Slagathor, a puggle, who she loves and is so grateful for. She spends her free time cooking, writing, shopping, and painting. She studied English at Penn State and has a law degree from Villanova. Her day job is working in contract negotiations. She is an attorney registered in Pennsylvania. Jeffrey Gritman loves listening to punk rock, heavy metal, hardcore, drinking a dark beer, playing video games, spending time with his great friends and family, as well as tending to his perfectly manicured yard of course. He also enjoys cooking, photography, writing, and traveling. He has a Masters of Instructional Technology from Bloomsburg University and is the Sr. eLearning Architect at LeanForward. He currently lives outside Philadelphia with his wife Andrea, son Logan, and two cats.