About the Author:
Susan D. Hill

Susan Hill was born in Texas, but she didn’t live there long enough to get a southern accent. Her family soon moved to Boston, but she didn’t get an eastern accent either. Fortunately, she didn’t get a combination of the two.

Most of her childhood, she grew up in Ohio near the shores of Lake Erie. Here, she found a love of sailing, but also learned to play piano, twirl a baton, and ice skate among other things.

Amazingly, she survived teenhood during the tail-end of the sixties and became a follower of Jesus when she was fourteen. After high school, she attended Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating in 1977 and worked in human resource management for U.S. Bank for seven years before becoming a full-time mom. She’s also served as a leader in Bible Study Fellowship and Young Life, and currently leads an interdenominational women’s group that started in 1998.

Susan also works as a volunteer for Uganda Orphans Fund, a non-profit, NGO relief organization founded by her husband, Duncan Hill. Since 2002, UOF has built 30 different projects including orphan homes, schools and medical clinics for AIDS and war orphans in Uganda. She also serves on the Board.

Susan started writing for publication in 2002, cutting her teeth on magazine articles. In 2006, she took a half-written manuscript and a book proposal to a writer’s conference. A few months later WaterBrook Press, a division of Random House, offered her a contract.

Susan has been married to Duncan for over 30 years. Together they have three grown children and live in Montana. She still plays the piano, ice skates and sails whenever possible, but she no longer twirls a baton. Instead, she likes to write.