About me
I am co-author of two Civil War novels, both licensed by Scholastic Book Fairs and optioned for films. My middle grade novel, Road to Tater Hill (Delacorte Press), won a Parents’ Choice Gold Award and was listed on Bank Street College’s Best Books List and several state lists. That Smudge of Smoke (BeaLu Books), my newest MG novel is set in two timeframes and told from different points of view. An MFA graduate of Spalding University’s Naslund-Mann School of Writing, I taught writing for children and young adults as a member of their faculty for nine years. I served four years as Regional Advisor for the MD/DE/WV chapter of SCBWI and am an active member of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, DC.
I'd love to talk to you about my inspiration for That Smudge of Smoke and how it relates to a lesser known part of Virginia history, the steamboat era on the Chesapeake Bay and all its tributaries. I've put together a discussion guide, complete with cross curriculum tie-ins and projects, as well as a recipe from the book.
That Smudge of Smoke was named to the VLA Cardinal Cup 2024 Booklist for historical fiction!
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