Native Texan Kat McCool is a writer, artist, yoga instructor and a proud single mother. She started writing after she closed her first yoga studio in 2009 after friends and family suggested she write a book. Unfamiliar with the ways of writing she started with what she knew best: her life story. Nine months later "Feel the Burn" was completed and she eagerly moved on to her next manuscript. Shortly after writing "Feel the Burn", a popular downtown Austin gallery contracted with her to show her paintings on a continual basis and has become well-liked among the gallery staff and patrons. In 1999 she trained to become a massage therapist and in 2003 became a Reiki Master. Kat has been teaching yoga for the past 11 years to adults and children and recently opened her second studio, FlowYoga in her home town of Cedar Park, Texas. She fortifies her everyday life with positive healing energy and the hope that she will help others live with purpose. She is currently working on "Happy Ending" which will be the second book in the Mairijane McBride trilogy.