Virginia (Ginnie) Isaacs Cover grew up in Minnesota. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan and has worked throughout her career with children and adults with complex medical conditions and developmental disabilities. She is an advocate for those with disabilities and their families, and published a widely read guidebook for those affected by X and Y chromosome variations, Living with Klinefelter Syndrome, Trisomy X, and 47,XYY. Turning to fiction, she explores the impact of a prenatal diagnosis on a young family in Supplemental Needs: A Novel. Cover and her husband live in the Washington, DC, metro area.