Taryn R. Hutchison always knew she wanted to be a writer, but she put that on hold to pursue other things she loved. After living abroad and traveling the world, her childhood dream began to beckon. She wrote a memoir, We Wait You, about her ten years in Eastern Europe, now translated into Romanian. Her debut novel, One Degree of Freedom, is historical YA fiction set in Romania during the Cold War. It was published in November 2020. Visit her at www.tarynhutchison.com.