Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill, PhD., FRSA, is a wife, mother and poet, as well as a professor in the Department of English Literature and Language at St. Mary's University, for which she also serves as the graduate program director. A recipient of numerous teaching and service awards, she is the author of three previous books and a range of scholarly and feature articles. Locally, nationally, and internationally, she has presented research on language, power, and peace and has facilitated retreats and workshops on story, service, and forgiveness. Her course repertoire includes Narrative Theory, featuring an evening of student storytelling, and Writing to Change the World, featuring student outreach on contemporary issues. She has studied in Great Britain, Israel, and Jordan, and has led study abroad trips to London and Northern Ireland. She is the recipient of a United States Institute of Peace grant, the Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellowship and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). She and her family live in San Antonio, Texas, in the company of the deer, foxes, red tail hawks, caracaras, and Texas barn owls, with whom they share a patch of Earth.