Michele Pendleton is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications:Journalism from UT Chattanooga. A writer of short stories, poetry and three books in the Rose series, "Rose, On Her Own," "What Storms May Come," and "Under the Umbrella," she continues to find inspiration for her work anywhere and everywhere. The mother of four grown children, she now calls Huntsville, Alabama home with her husband Joel and her "assistant editors," their cats, Nell and Coconut.