Stephanie Lynch was born in the Boston area and grew up with books such as Make Way for Ducklings, Raggedy Ann and Peter Rabbit--stories of a simpler time. She has had a lifelong interest in gardening, but is now quite busy with a psychotherapy practice and volunteer work providing behavioral health in disaster situations. Stephanie has a 27-year-old son with Down Syndrome, living happily on a farm; a 25-year-old son studying music; and a 21-year-old daughter studying marketing. Now that her children are grown, Stephanie says, "there has been time to get back to writing, and it’s been a joy." Whether planting a seedling, watching a child grow, assisting someone in improving their outlook on life, or making a crisis go a little more easily, Stephanie loves to help when she can.