Susan Amond Todd has lived in North Carolina for most of her adult life, but was born and raised in Neenah, Wisconsin. She is married with two grown daughters, a grandson, and a granddaughter.Her career has been spent raising her daughters, working in banking, and pursuing her passion--writing.As a young person, she enjoyed writing short stories and poetry, always having the desire to pursue more. Her writing combines her upbringing and love of Wisconsin with that of the South. Her first two books, White Lake and its sequel, Return Home, comprise the White Lake series. Life's Fortune is the first book of four in the Life series.