S. Brooks Fontaine, the fourteenth of sixteen children born to a rural Georgia farmer, learned a real work ethic from her mother and grandmother. She also developed a gift of storytelling as demons...view moreS. Brooks Fontaine, the fourteenth of sixteen children born to a rural Georgia farmer, learned a real work ethic from her mother and grandmother. She also developed a gift of storytelling as demonstrated in Mountain Tribulations,her first novel. After graduating high school she completed Nursing School. Soon afterwards she married the love of her life, Lieutenant Bernie Fontaine as he emerged from the North Georgia mountains as an Army Airborne Ranger. After working in Vermont for ten years she returned to her beloved Georgia. Later, with four children at home, Fontaine went back to college for her MBA and became a Family Nurse Practitioner. She enjoys writing fiction, poetry and also some children stories. She and retired General Fontaine make their home in the beautiful North Georgia mountains.view less