Storm Over the Everglades (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781534665231)

Patti Boeckman claims she was was born with a typewriter in her hands. She graduated as valedictorian from her high school, worked in a government office as a student intern, and took flying lessons. She earned a pilot's license, and in 1964 flew as co-pilot in the Powder Puff Derby air race. After she earned her bachelor's degree and teaching credentials, Patti hitched a ride on a cargo plane to Peru to visit for a month. She spent time in Mexico City, attended summer school in Monterrey, Mexico, to improve her acquired second-language Spanish skills, and taught in public school for three years. After she married established author Charles Boeckman, the writing bug soon bit her. She quit her teaching career and turned her attention to full-time writing. She wrote newspaper columns, articles, and short stories. In collaboration with her husband, they produced twenty five Silhouette Romance books, which sold over two million copies worldwide. Patti Boeckman lives in Texas with her daughter and her family.