After nearly thirty years of crunching numbers, Joyce Byers Hill retired to pursue her dream of writing. Joyce enjoys writing fiction from a Christian perspective, interlaced with a bit of humor. In all her books, you'll find happily ever afters, delicious food, and days that are sunny with a chance of baseball.First Response is Joyce's first stand-alone novel, following the completion of the A Place Called Hope series.Joyce lives in Central Washington with her incredible daughter and son-in-law, and her overly bossy dog.