Debbie TenBrink grew up on a farm in West Michigan, where her family has lived for 175 years. She still lives within five miles of her childhood home with her husband, the youngest of her four children, and her puppy Stormy. She has a master’s degree in career and technical education and works as a software trainer for an IT service company.

In her free time, Debbie enjoys spoiling her grandkids, camping, gardening, sports, and any other activity she can use as an excuse to be outdoors. Other hobbies include reading, painting, having long conversations with the characters living in her head, and an almost frightening interest in true-crime TV shows.