Jean was born and raised in North Yorkshire, England before moving to the United States. Since retiring from her job as a credit analyst in the Banking Industry in California, she now lives in Arizona with husband Don and Lucy their dog, where her life has been dedicated to the pursuit of the perfect hobby that has included jewelry making, felting, pottery, and watercolor painting. Her passion since childhood however has always been writing fiction, more recently, putting her vivid imagination to work on complicated men and strong women who live in exciting locales.