An award-winning, best-selling author, Donna Clayton, blames her entire writing career on her husband. "I was perfectly happy simply reading all those luscious Silhouette Romance novels," she says, with a grin. However, when her youngest son started school, she decided it was time for her to venture out into the world to find a job. "Not that motherhood isn’t a job," she is quick to assure. "Being a parent — raising self-confident, independent, secure, kind and caring kids — is one of life’s most important occupations. However, raising children these days takes more money than is contained in the National Mint!"