Velvet Vaughn, the author of the COBRA Securities Series, was born in Indiana and spent fifteen years in communications, public relations, marketing, and executive management in amateur sports. Articles she has written have been published in several magazines and reprinted in most major newspapers nationwide. She served as editor, writer , and designer for five sports magazines, including one that was distributed to over 140 countries worldwide and another that was displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. To learn more about Velvet or sign up for her newsletter, visit her at http://www.velvetvaughn.com.