Catherine Baker Nicholson had her own athletic career and even won a collegiate national championship in the 800-meter run. She gave up the practice of law to raise and homeschool her four children, one of whom later died of brain cancer. Today, she lives in the Omaha, Nebraska, area with her husband and near her father, Thane Baker, the subject of her book. Beginning each day with prayer, she studies, writes, volunteers, and adores her children and grandchildren.