Stella Shepard of Prince Edward Island developed a passion for reading and writing in childhood that followed her throughout life. She is the author of Ashes of My Dreams (Acorn Press, 2016) and her stories have been published in four of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Atlantic newspapers, and magazines. Stella is a journalist, a life-long learner, and a photographer. She is a mother and a grandmother who lives on an organic farm with her husband, Reg Phelan.