Michele Evans, a native Washingtonian and graduate of Smith College, is a writer and high school English teacher. When not rambling on about the elements of literature to 15 year-olds and grading stacks of their essays, she treasures spending time with her family and walking nature trails around her neighborhood. Despite always wearing the color black, she exhibits a certain fondness for blueberries, blue hydrangeas, blues singers, and Blue Mountain coffee.