About the Author

Pamela Masters, who has never believed in looking back, found it was time to make a change when the new millennium approached.

Retirement does that to people . . .

As she eyed her upcoming golden years, she couldn’t help thinking, The years I’ve already lived might not have been golden, but they sure as heck were a lot of fun. So she started to write about them.

Her two titles — The Mushroom Years: A Story of Survival, about her childhood in North China that ended with her spending her teens in a Japanese prison camp in World War II, and its captivating sequel, Sass & Serendipity — are a must-read for people who enjoy stories of true life that outshine fiction at every turn.

There is a spontaneity to her writing that makes you feel like you’re going along for the ride and that you’d better hold on for dear life.

Masters has never given a hoot for political correctness, equal opportunity, or any other excuse for not facing the challenges of life and overcoming them, and this clear-eyed look comes through delightfully in her second book on her life here in the United States.

Updated August 2011