Joanne Regenhardt was born and raised in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from The College of Wooster in Ohio. She has lived in La Jolla, California, for fifty-four years, where she and her husband, Bill, raised their two children. Joanne enjoyed a singing career which included concertizing Bach, oratorios, and German Lieder. For ten years she also sang light opera and appeared with symphony orchestras in southern California. Today, she lives quietly with her husband and their dog, Duke, and loves to "play the romantics" on the piano, read, cook, and write poetry. Several times a year Duke goes to Kritter Kamp and the Regenhardts travel. Their travels have included the south seas, the Caribbean, the Galapagos Islands, Central America, Canada, Spain, the Mediterranean, Europe, Egypt, and all of the 50 United States.
