Jeanette Vaughan is an award winning writer and story teller. Not only is she published in the periodicals and professional journals of nursing, but also in the genre of fiction. Out on her sheep farm, she has written several novels and scripts. Her screenplay Angel of Mercy won the outstanding nursing research award from Texas Tech University Health Science Center. In addition, she was named Distinguished Alumni for the school of nursing in 2001 for her written work and volunteerism for the Sydney Olympic Games. Jeanette has practiced nursing in the fields of critical care and trauma. She is the mother of four children, including two Navy pilots. Her primary motivation to write is her youngest son, Harrison who triumphantly and bravely survives living with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. All of the profits she makes from sales of her books go to support his care. In addition, they support the critical research necessary provide a cure for this disease. Jeanette avidly backs The Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy. She lives in a Victorian farmhouse out in the pastures of northeast Texas with her sheep, chickens, donkeys and sheep dogs.