Jennifer Odom, a 40-year veteran teacher of elementary education, writes from her home in Florida. She is the author of a YA novel, Summer on the Black Suwannee, the first story in Black Series. She was honored as the 2015 Writer of the Year at the Florida Christian Writers Conference. Inspired by other people’s pursuits, Jen writes human interest stories as a correspondent for The Ocala Star Banner and has been published in Splickety, Focus on the Family’s Clubhouse Jr. Magazine, Maine Review’s Juxtaposition, and several blogs. Visit her online at: www.jenniferodom.com.