Anne K. Gross, Ph.D., received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Duke University,

She has dedicated her career to the treatment of individuals with disabilities and chronic illnesses.

Although she now writes full-time, her past professional positions include assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and regional consultant for the Social Security Disability program.

She has published over a dozen articles in professional psychology journals as well as essays and editorials in the Denver Post and New Mobility magazine.

She and her husband live in Colorado and have two daughters.