Private Cathay's Secret
Rebecca Hayes grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of a Baptist minister and elementary school teacher. At an early age, she began creating stories, often entertaining her neighborhood friends as they walked to and from school. She has taught in a number of different arenas from drama in a shelter for homeless children to elementary school curriculum, science and math in her neighboring suburban community of Montclair. After retiring, Rebecca taught on the Salt River Maricopa-Pima Reservation in Scottsdale Arizona. She became a member of the Society of  Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and published several stories in Heartwarmers Anthologies and Newsletters. She now resides in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA. Private Cathay's Secret is her first novel.