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I write characters who face down their fears, in novels as true as fiction gets. Here’s why that’s trickier than it sounds.

The Verdict Is In! Kirkus Book Reviews says, Get It, of Vacancy: Secrets and Second Chances in Small-Town Texas — New fiction in The Dust Series, and based on a true story.

The Historical Novel Society Highlights Unspoken as an Editors' Choice selection: A book that “will stick around in your mind, because legacy isn’t just what’s passed down. It’s what you refuse to let slip away.”

A reviewer calls Unspoken "Both heart-wrenching and hopeful, shining with the grit of those who dare to redefine what 'home' truly means."

For Women's History Month, we're reading the stories of women once marginalized or totally overlooked in historical fiction

All it took in 1885 to build Houston a city library was a book club, begun by women with a desire for "intellectual culture."