Folk, Cindy: - Cindy Folk was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She attended the University of Regina, majoring in finance. The co-operative education program there took her to work terms in Toronto and Ottawa. After university, she moved to Ottawa, where she competed in rowing and had the opportunity to explore Eastern Canada and the United States. She moved home in 1998 and met and married her husband, Dan. They now have three children. Although her work environment is very structured, Cindy has always had a creative side that was bubbling just below the surface, waiting to be discovered. Writing has allowed that part of her to flourish. Northern Escape is her debut novel.