Traci Cristello is thrilled, excited, and nervous to introduce readers to her debut novel, Dreaming Out Loud. She spends her weekdays as a high school counselor, refereeing the daily dramas and dispensing wisdom (or, let's face it, mostly trying to get teenagers to graduate). For a change of pace (when she needs a break from that world), you can usually find her in a café, sipping on an iced latte and either reading or writing (or both!). She's also known to write late into the night/early into the morning in her office, a habit her family has grown accustomed to. Traci lives in sunny Florida with her husband (of thirty happy years!), their youngest daughter, and their spirited husky. With a bachelor's degree in English education and a master's degree in school counseling, Traci has spent years exploring the human experience, and now she's channeling that into her fiction. Her retirement plan? To become a full-time author, so please buy her book (and all future books) ¿ perhaps allowing her to dedicate more time to the craft she loves so dearly.