Christine Conners is a psychotherapist and counselor with a masters degree in Marriage and Family Counseling. She was president of the board of directors and a co-founder of the NASA Dryden Child Development Center and worked as a liaison with NASA Headquarters and other NASA centers to define uniform guidelines for NASA child development centers. For the last nine years Christine has been primarily the stay-at-home parent of her four children, though she works part-time as a child therapist for Georgias state mental hospital in Savannah. Christine is the co-author of Lipsmackin Backpackin and Lipsmackin Vegetarian Backpackin. She lives in Savannah, Georgia.