An avid reader, she lost herself in the wonders of the written page. She had a dream of creating her own fantasies, and using the power of her imagination in a novel. However, life prevented it. Af...view moreAn avid reader, she lost herself in the wonders of the written page. She had a dream of creating her own fantasies, and using the power of her imagination in a novel. However, life prevented it. After a stint in the Air Force, she worked as a fraud investigator, and travelled extensively. Upon retirement the possibility was there. To date, if she isn’t writing, she reads every free moment she finds. This is her third book. A widow, Helen Lois Zaharie lives in British Columbia, Canada.view less