Kristi Wilkinson spent the first two decades of her life in Pennsylvania and her adult life in the West. She has enjoyed her career as a physical therapist, and served as a youth leader, foster parent, and community volunteer. Krist has traveled internationally as a medical volunteer, which led to the miraculous adoption story that inspired her first book, The Child Who Listens, and her second book, The Surrogate Decision. She resides outside of Durango, Colorado, and works as a PT across the southern region of the state and as a book coach for aspiring writers.