Jill Meengs grew up in a small town on the Oregon Coast.  Both during, and after college she spent extended periods of time backpacking in over 30 countries.  She has been to every location she describes in Trigger and some of the context is based on her own experiences while traveling.  She met her husband, Chad, in the MBA program at Oregon State University. After getting married they purchased and fully remodeled a house.  It was Chad who encouraged, and then bribed her to write her first book, Trigger.  He says that he very much enjoys watching the flat-screen he purchased as part of their deal. 

When Jill isn’t reading or writing, she is running, doing yoga or planning her next trip.  Jill and Chad live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.