Anna Drake is a former, small-town journalist. She grew up on a small, Illinois grain farm and has spent most of her adult life in rural Illinois, except for a fascinating, thirteen-year stint in Chicago.

She is mother to three wonderful, grown sons; mother-in-law to their outstanding wives; and grandmother to four exceptional grandchildren.

Over the course of her life, she's worked as waitress, academic advisor, full-time mother, and small-town reporter.

But through it all, her first passion has remained writing.