Sally O'Brien grew up in a small town in Iowa, although at the time she didn't consider a place with 4000 people small. After graduating from high school she attended the University of Iowa, married young, had five children, and spent 23 years as an administrative assistant in a Des Moines hospital. Currently she lives in a town that's just the right size. During all this time she wrote. Several of her stories were published, including three in Chicken Soup for the Soul books. At the end of Goodbye, Miss February she missed the daily visits with her best friend (and the main character), Jane, and began writing the sequel. Problem solved.