Nayera Salam has a Master's degree in Education from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and more than thirty years teaching experience. She is now retired and lives in Atlanta with her husband. She has two children and is the proud grandmother of two granddaughters. "I have been writing stories in my mind for a long time...It seems like the characters 'create' themselves. I just write down what I get from somewhere. This applies to all my stories. "I don't choose a topic, or select characters, they choose me!" Nayera Salam