Cara Skinner lives in Baytown, TX with her husband, Larry Skinner.  She is a certified elementary/special education teacher who taught for Goose Creek Consolidated ISD for nine years and is currently tutoring at Banuelos Elementary in GCCISD.  She also served in the U.S. Army as a radio transmitter repairer while stationed in Pirmasens Germany.  She has always loved Texas history and her goal in writing General Houston's Little Spy is to present that history as a story that teens and adults will enjoy.