Kathryn Dixon was born and raised in South Carolina, her ancestral home for over 250 years. She has lived in New York City, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Geneva, and beautifully bucolic Charlottesville, Virginia, although Charlotte, North Carolina, is currently home. Travel and all that goes with it—people watching, food tasting, museum visiting, and more—is a favorite pastime that she indulges in the company of her loving and generous British husband, soon to become an American citizen. An activity very close to her heart is volunteering as a puppy raiser for the Guide Dog Foundation. She and her husband are currently fostering Lily, a yellow lab. Writing, editing, creating, and designing books of many descriptions, especially books for children—books that she wishes she had available to read many years ago with her daughter—is a most fulfilling way to spend her days after an early retirement (well, after thirty years!) from a financial career that took her around the world.