This is my husband, Tim. He was destined to be just another backpacking engineer before he married me, and, as a result, was pulled into this crazy world of authoring books. Why would he do such a thing? That's where the "for better or for worse" part comes in. It's not like we net significant income from these books in any given year. Between donating much of what we earn to several trail organizations and charities, and spending thousands of dollars buying food for recipe testing and marketing Tim wouldn't dream of quitting his day job. There's been many a late night spent editing where we swore that we would never write another book again. But like any true addiction, the next morning we are at it again, plotting ways to secure the next contract.

Tim and I work synergistically on our books. I generally write the initial draft, then Tim comes in to make it legible while spicing things up a bit. Tim is an awesome technical writer who has published dozens of aerospace papers for NASA, General Electric, and Gulfstream Aerospace. He's even won a few awards and patents for his work. He's actually kind of cool - in a geeky sort of way.

This is me. I have a master's degree in marriage-family-child counseling. I have worked with nearly every population you can imagine, from advising senior management at NASA on how to manage problem employees, to counseling transvestite prostitutes with AIDS. I currently teach psychology at a local college.

As important as writing has become to us, it is our faith and our four wonderful children that keep us focused on things even higher than our favorite mountain trails.