Mitzi Mensch was born and raised in New England and attended college in Vermont. An island girl at heart, she moved to Hawai`i where she has lived long enough to be kama`aina. She is the author of Goldie, My First Love and Goldie, My Last Love, The Dangers of Kissing and Diet Coke:  What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know and Won’t Bother to Find Out, Return Receipt Requested and From Then to Now.