Claudia Johnson Severin lives on a farm in Southeast Nebraska, where the Severin family homesteaded in 1869. History is literally in the soil where her house stands. The land was once home to cows, horses, chickens and children. They have all moved on but she stayed to tell the tales.She grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the Eastridge neighborhood. She went back to her high school twirler days for the Twirler Quartet series. Like her main characters, she found hours of practice together developed friendships which led to many adventures outside of school.Like Yvonne, she graduated from the University of Nebraska with a journalism degree. She also worked at Lincoln Telephone Company. Like Debbie, she met her husband at a dance. Like Nancy, some of her boyfriends chose a military career during the Vietnam conflict. Like Linda, she never wanted to be pigeon-holed.All four books have been published in the Twirler Quartet series: Catch It Spinning, Twirling Fire, Learning To Twirl, and Spinning Sideways. She previously wrote Her Side of History-Finding My Foremothers' Footprints, a compilation of historical fiction about four of her family's female ancestors.Writing about past decades gives her a chance to rewrite history and gives the characters a chance to benefit from lessons learned in the meantime. She loved the 1960s but wouldn't trade her smartphone for a teen line or her SUV for her old Volkswagen Beetle.