Chris Lawrence has led a full, adventurous life, from scuba diving, rappelling, flying in Chinook helicopters, and parachuting out of airplanes (Okay, I lied about the last one, but all the rest are true!). All of these adventures were attributable to her profession: she was a schoolteacher! Chris was a teacher of high school biology and zoology. She took her students scuba diving at Marine Lab in Key Largo, Florida, and spent thirteen summers accompanying JROTC to military bases for summer camp. Upon leaving the career, she just couldn’t leave behind the adventure, so she set out to fulfill a longtime dream of becoming a published author. Chris resides in Illinois with her husband, Jim, and when she’s not writing, the two spend their days working together at Jim’s dental lab.