Jeanne Helen Cates

Jeanne was born and educated in Cheshire, England. Her interest in writing began in 6th grade when she wrote and acted in a play performed at the school in between dodging German air raids in the Second World War. Her interesting life led her to America and met her husband, an officer in the U.S. Air Force. After returning to civilian life they had many adventures, moving around the country for her husband’s jobs and were in key places where history took place. She studied Parapsychology at the Community College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Her husband was employed at NASA working on the Lunar space module, and assisted with the Safe return of Apollo Thirteen. They moved to Washington DC where her husband was offered a position at the Naval Research Lab. Here her career began as a property manager of high end, multistoried condominiums. Her writing took the form of monthly newsletters and she met many famous individuals, including the satirist writer, Art Buchwald, who inspired her to write. After retiring she became interested in doing fiction. She currently lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband of fifty-six years, and is a member of the Round Rock Baca Writers’ Club. She has a grown daughter,son and granddaughter.