Terri "T.L." Schaefer was born and raised in Mariposa, a
rural enclave of Yosemite National Park. After briefly
pursuing a college education, Yosemite Valley beckoned her
homeward, where she lived and worked for five years in the
shadow of Half Dome. She met her husband in 1990, and was
married in 1991. Giving up her "real" job as a hotel
assistant manager and her off-time pursuits as a volunteer
firefighter, she followed her husband in his career as an
Air Force medic. Since then they have been all over the
world, living in Portugal for three years and visiting many
European locales.
Terri has been writing since before she can remember--
everything from letters to the editor to short stories.
The Schaefers have since settled in Northern Oklahoma where
she works as an executive secretary for the Department of
Defense. The Summerland is Terri's first published work.
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