I grew up in South Louisiana but have been a Dallas resident for almost 30 years. I taught elementary school for 31 years. Besides reading, I love to cook.
Publication Date: September 1, 2025
Like many girls growing up in the eighties and nineties, Melissa Fraterrigo leaned on popular culture to transition from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Judy Blume told stories...
Publication Date: August 19, 2025
Edith has Alzheimer’s. The idea that she will someday forget her son, her life, even her self, plagues her constantly. So there is something important she must do...
Publication Date: July 17, 2025
Step into a world where words are few, but meaning runs deep.
Collected In Silence is a mesmerising anthology of short fiction that invites readers to explore the many shades...
Publication Date: July 29, 2025
A funny, exciting, David vs Goliath adventure with a heart-warming father-son relationship – perfect for fans of Danny the Champion of the World, Millions, and Ratatouille.
The story of one boy and...
Malt Shop Milestones: Book 2
Publication Date: May 30, 2025
Malt Shop Milestones, Book Two
Young lives. First loves. And a classic American period enlivened by jukeboxes and chocolate malts.
Sixteen-year-old Berta is usually an upbeat...
Publication Date: May 29, 2025
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, comes a debut poetry collection that paints a moving portrait of a rich life...
Publication Date: June 24, 2025
From the author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, a tenderhearted story of two very different women grappling with the messy emotional legacies passed down by their parents—for...
Publication Date: April 18, 2025
It is the summer of 1992. Clara Jane is an alternative music-loving graduate from a broadcast school in Detroit. She lands her first job at a small market radio...
I grew up in South Louisiana but have been a Dallas resident for almost 30 years. I taught elementary school for 31 years. Besides reading, I love to cook.