After spending a decade as a financial analyst in the insurance business, Beverly Brandt decided that hearing characters and seeing stories in her head was not a condition brought about by job-related stress but was, instead, the indicator of her own true north.That revelation spurred her to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a published author; a dream which was realized less than a year after she completed her first book. Beverly lives near Seattle with a husband who adores her and a cat who adores its food dish.