Shawn M. Verdoni is the author of Canoodling Up North—Book One, Canoodling Out West—Book Two and Canoodling Always & Forever—Book Three. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for her degree in secondary education and the Milwaukee School of Engineering to complete her master’s in business administration. Her best days are spent with her husband, children, and two dogs just hanging out. She loves living in Wisconsin, especially in fall when you can find her in a pumpkin patch or an apple orchard collecting tart baking apples for her famous crumble crust pie.