Born in Toronto, Lou Allin grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where her Canadian parents had pursued employment. She received a PhD in English Renaissance Literature from Ohio State. In 1977, she returned to Canada and to Sudbury, Ontario at Cambrian College, where she was a Teaching Master (English Communications) until her retirement. With a cottage on a gigantic meteor-crater lake as her inspiration, she published poetry and short stories and began her Belle Palmer series, featuring a realtor and Continue reading