Vickie Adams was born in Tennessee and raised in Michigan. After graduation from high school, she enlisted in the Air Force. She served eight years as an Operating Room Technician. After graduation from Southwest Texas State University, she received a commission. She retired in 1992, returning with her son to Michigan. She served as a Veterans Service Officer before retiring again in 2016, Writing has been a lifelong passion. Her short stories (written as Lou Hill) are included in UniformsEx, Hot+Bothered, Wilma loves Betty, Beginnings, Skin Deep, and Seducing the Virgin. She also has a story, Living in Her Memories, in the anthology, A Heart Well Traveled by Sapphire Books. https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Well-Traveled-Distance-Unlikely-ebook/dp/B071KZSGS6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493814716&sr=8-1&keywords=a+heart+well+traveled Vickie lives in Michigan with her wife, Lisa, and their fur babies, Oliver and Nietzsche.