Runaway Poet
Like the novel's central character, Myra Nagel has been a volunteer child advocate with Southwest Florida's Guardian Ad Litem program for ten years. A United Church of Christ minister, she has served churches in Virginia and Florida.  She is the author of the mystery novel "Downside Seven" and several works of non-fiction including "Journey to the Cross," "Deliver Us from Evil," and "What to Do Instead of Screaming." She and her husband live in Punta Gorda, Florida, and weathered the ravages of Hurricane Charley in 2004.