Kristin Anderson is a lover of nature, culture, literature, arts, storytelling and romance. Raised by her librarian-mother and photographer-father in the rural Santa Ynez Valley in California, she developed a penchant for storytelling in her formative years. Her degree in English Literature from The University of Santa Barbara, California led to a career of writing for others. It wasn't until she moved to The Netherlands with her husband and their son, that she was able to pursue a lifelong dream of writing fiction. In the last ten years, Kristin has become increasingly aware of environmental issues. This led her to create an International Earth Day festival two years in a row in The Hague, The Netherlands. Her concerns about environmental pollution, climate change, the state of our oceans and many other issues related to environment, health and human impact on the environment play a sometimes large and other times subtle role in her novels.