Born in 1923 in the little town of North Kingsville, Ohio, and growing up in the Great Depression. I. C. Talbot went to a school where she knew everyone for all twelve years. She graduated Valedictorian in a class of 13 students. She then went on to the Ashtabula Business College, the first woman in her family to seek higher education. 

Her first job was as a typist, then she worked as a secretary until she retired in 1988.

When the economy went south in the 1970's she bought and operated a tavern from 1971 to 1988. After that, she and her husband traveled in an RV, where she did the bulk of her writing. They finally settled in Kentucky when they could no longer travel and did not care to battle the northeastern Ohio winters. 

With the help of her daughter, K. A. Jordan, she began to e-publish her short stories in 2010 until she passed away in 2012. 

She said of her writing: "I write pulp fiction. My stories are pure entertainment." 

Icy Road Publishing was formed to publish her work and that of K. A. Jordan