Kristin Beck has been cap­ti­vat­ed by the often unsung roles of women in his­to­ry ever since grow­ing up hear­ing her grand­moth­er’s sto­ries about her time as a WW II army nurse. A for­mer teacher, she holds a BA in Eng­lish from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton and a Mas­ter’s in Teach­ing from West­ern Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty. Kristin lives in the Pacif­ic North­west with her hus­band and two children.