The author, Stacey G. C. Jernigan, has served as a United States judge, since the year 2006, in Dallas, Texas. Before that, she practiced law for many years at a large international law firm based ...view moreThe author, Stacey G. C. Jernigan, has served as a United States judge, since the year 2006, in Dallas, Texas. Before that, she practiced law for many years at a large international law firm based in Texas. She is married to a police officer and has a son and a daughter who are both young adults now and also two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels named Jake and Finley. She writes and travels extensively in her spare time and roots passionately for the Texas Longhorns.view less