C. Jean Downer spent her childhood in the rural Midwest relying on her vivid imagination to entertain family and friends. She earned a Master of Arts in literature and a PhD in rhetoric and taught many years in both English and Women Studies departments. Her life’s dream-to write and live creatively- is her second act.

Downer is a published poet and the author of the Sloane West Mystery series and the sapphic romantic suspense, Trailhead.

Formerly from the US southwest, she now lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her wife of twenty-three years, their two fabulous teenage daughters, two lazy dogs, and three chill cats.