A seeker of knowledge and experiences, JESSICA SALTZMANN earned her Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Cum Laude, at Metropolitan State College of Denver at age twenty-one. Straddling the boundary between reality and her imagination for her entire life, she started to write creative stories as soon as her second grade teacher inspired her with a creative writing assignment. Jessica also enjoys traveling, conversation, exercising, dancing, and cooking; she is also a coffee connoisseur and an avid fantasy book reader.