Rachel Sutton, the daughter of European immigrants, was born in a small town in Alberta, Canada, and grew up in Vancouver, BC. She studied at the University Of Victoria, BC, and later became a multi-disciplinary student for many years. Rachel initiated her studies majoring in English and Literature. She moved into Education and Child and Youth Care, where she later spent many years as a teacher and a social worker in more remote communities of BC, Canada. She returned to school to study Herbology, Naturopathy and Ashtanga-Iyengar Yoga and then certifi ed in those disciplines. She is known locally and through small pockets along the coast of Mexico as a healer, Yoga teacher and writer of science-based articles and recipes to promote human health. She is also known in some local circles as a social/political comic on air in broadcast journalism. Rachel lives in a small cabin near the water in west coastal BC. She is expecting her fi rst child with her husband, John Dawson, in December 2010. They live together with Oakley, the guard dog and Batman, the black cat. This is Rachel’s fi rst novel.