The author, Eugenia Crouse, lives in Texas with her husband of 32 years, her teenage daughter and a fiercely loyal Rottweiler named Hoyce. She is a Native American… a blood member of Choctaw Nation. In addition to modeling, her hobbies include horses (she was a professional horse jockey for a short period of time before quitting to become a professional drag racer), motorcycles, professional drag racing (10 years and hundreds of races), and she is an expert classic car mechanic along with her husband who is also a drag racer and expert mechanic.