Jeanne Meeks
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Jeanne Meeks began backpacking in 2005 and hiked across the Grand Canyon. That trip inspired ”Rim to Rim”, her first novel. ”Wolf Pack”, set on Isle Royale, Michigan soon followed. Future novels in this Backcountry Mystery series will be set in the Wind River Range, Wyoming; along the Great Blueway Kayak Trail in Florida, and in other wild places she plans to explore. Jeanne was an Outdoor Trainer for the Girl Scouts and a leader for twelve years. She inspires young girls and older women to get out and enjoy nature.In the 1990s Ms. Meeks was committed to poetry, belonged to ”Poets and Other Writers”, and gave poetry performances as part of that group. Her work has appeared in several anthologies. She also self-published a book of poetry, ”My Sister’s Quilt”. She now writes human-interest articles for ”Schoolhouse Life” news magazine. She loves attending writers conventions and workshops to mingle with other authors in the mystery genre. After twenty-eight years in business, Ms. Meeks and her husband sold their security surveillance company. While in business, Ms. Meeks was recognized by Illinois’ governor, Jim Edgar, as the Small-Business Person of the Year. She has been the New Lenox Township Tax Collector, the President of the New Lenox Chamber of Commerce, on the board of a local bank, and on Silver Cross Hospital’s Community Trustee Board. Ms. Meeks now writes full-time and belongs to Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and several writers groups. When not writing, she hikes, kayaks, and plays tennis or golf. Married in 1969, she and her husband live in a suburb of Chicago.
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