Susan L. Pelletier was born on December 22, 1953, in Oxford, Massachusetts. She is one of six sisters and has one brother. Ms. Pelletier began her love of the ocean as a child vacationing on Cape Cod with her family. My Dad, her first poem, was written when she was nine years old. Of her many interests, she is an avid reader and loves arranging flowers from her large perennial gardens and singing in her church choir. Ms. Pelletier resides in Charlton, Massachusetts. Married for over forty years to her high school sweetheart, she has one daughter and two sons. Her pride and joy is her four grandsons and one granddaughter. Turning Point, her first novel, combines her Armenian heritage with her love of history.