Velda Brotherton has written for 35 years and turned out that many novels plus 15 published short stories and six nonfiction books.She lives in the Arkansas Ozarks where she continues to write every day while enjoying wildlife and the surrounding mountains.She has three children, three grandchildren, and two great grandsons.At 84 she has no plans to retire and is currently working on several books. When I quit,” she says, “it will be with my still fingers resting on the keyboard.”