Born in 1956 in British Columbia, Canada, Lois Cloarec Hart grew up as an avid reader, but didn’t begin writing novels until later in life. Several years after joining the Canadian Armed Forces, she received a degree in Honours History from Royal Military College, and on graduation switched occupations from air traffic control to military intelligence. Having married a CAF fighter pilot while in college, she went on to spend five years as an Intelligence Officer before leaving the military to care for her husband, who was ill with chronic progressive Multiple Sclerosis.
Lois’ first book, Coming Home, was a fictionalized version of her life with her late husband. Initially her writing was a therapeutic exercise to deal with the difficulties of caring for a quadriplegic, bed-ridden loved one. She wrote by his bedside, whether he was at home or in the hospital, and says, “The story was never intended for anyone’s view except my writing mentor who had encouraged me to begin in the first place. After a year’s work on it, however, I decided to risk putting it out there for others to read. It came as something of a delightful surprise when readers related so strongly and positively to my first story, and that feedback encouraged me to continue writing. My husband lived long enough to see the first book come out with his picture on the cover, but passed away before the second book was published.”
Since the death of her husband, Lois and her partner of three years have commuted between Calgary, Alberta, and Atlanta, Georgia.
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