Bili Morrow Shelburne grew up in the heart of the Kentucky Bluegrass region where she developed a love of horses and the outdoors. She received a B.A from the University of Louisville and an M.A. from the University of Kentucky. She spent twenty years as a teacher and college instructor, primarily teaching writing and language arts, before leaving the academic world to become a full-time writer.  She now lives in Houston, Texas with her attorney husband where she writes, practices her golf game, plays the piano and travels extensively.