Stacey A. Purcell

Texas girl by birth, child of the world by choice.

While I was born in Texas, it was a momentary lay-over on our way back to Venezuela. My dad was in the oil industry and that allowed me to have my backyard in countries like Norway, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. I never lived in the U.S. until my mom dropped me off for college in New Orleans. Talk about culture shock!

I earned my undergrad (French Literature and Education) and grad (Early Childhood Development) degrees from Tulane University. As soon as I finished, it was back off to Malaysia to teach! After that, I was on my way to work in Beijing when my grandfather became ill and I returned to Texas. I met my husband on an airplane and the rest is history. We now have two kids and hop planes whenever we can.

I've dabbled in writing my whole life. When I was a kid, I used to write and paint my own illustrations! The first "novel" I wrote (if you could call it that) was on hotel stationary while we spent the summer in London for my father's job. The hotel staff would slip me tons of extra pages so I could finish the story. A passion that led me to being published on Amazon!