R.E. Sutherland earned a Masters of Education in the Sciences from the University of South Carolina in 1995, and holds a Bachelors of Biology from Emory and Henry College in 1976. She is presently ...view moreR.E. Sutherland earned a Masters of Education in the Sciences from the University of South Carolina in 1995, and holds a Bachelors of Biology from Emory and Henry College in 1976. She is presently employed with the Savannah River Site as a Nuclear Radiological Controls Inspector. Her book was written when an elderly Southern editor requested that she investigate a story that was given to him long ago by an elderly black gentleman. The story proved to be true.view less