A retired family therapist, Lori Henriksen believes in the influence of past generations and is convinced that we have the potential to strengthen and transform ourselves through the power of story. Her debut novel, The Winter Loon, about the healing power of love, is inspired by her mother’s life. She lives in the foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon with her husband Patrick, two rescue dogs and a reformed feral cat turned couch potato.