Catharine Pinder who writes under the pen name of Catti-Ann Belle earned her business diploma from university while working full-time and raising three children. After retiring from corporate life she graduated as a hypnosis practitioner and now focuses on her new business along with her passion of writing fiction. She resides in rural Ontario with her husband of almost forty years and has been blessed with five grandchildren. She is a firm believer in the power of the mind and continues to push herself to achieve her goals and to explore every new challenge of life as a gift for growth.