When growing up, Heather Olson spent week-ends in the north Georgia mountains with her family and heard numerous stories of how life was in the mountains before the interstate high...view moreWhen growing up, Heather Olson spent week-ends in the north Georgia mountains with her family and heard numerous stories of how life was in the mountains before the interstate highways shortened the drive from the cities. She has used many of these stories in this, her first novel, set in those same mountains. Heather Olson has a Ph.D. from Georgia State University, and teaches English and Mythology at The Art Institute of Atlanta. She has traveled over much of the world and been the recipient of two Fulbright grants, one to Germany and one to Japan. She has two grown sons and now lives in Atlanta with her husband.view less