Arlene Pullen grew up in a small New Jersey town with a brother and sister. Leisure time was filled with outdoor activities. She graduated from college and experience a lengthy but rewarding career as a teacher, using vacation time to visit Europe and Caribbean beaches. Her constant travel companions were a journal, two cameras, some books, and a wide-brimmed hat. Since retiring, she has visited forty-eight more countries and written a family history, three books of poetry, and three books of essays based on her travel experiences. After the Sunset is the last memoirs. She lives in New Jersey.