D. H. Timpko

D. H. Timpko has always wanted to be a writer, at least from when she was three years old. That’s when a life-changing event occurred: "My father read 'Henny Penny' to me!"

She shakes her head. "What else could I do? 'Henny Penny' is one of the best picture books ever and very funny. Then my father read 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' in which the heroine is the youngest child. I was the youngest girl in my family. So that was it. The path of my whole life was set. I needed to be a writer!"

So she grew up and had a successful writing career for various companies. Then the true fun began: She retired. Now she writes fiction full time.