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Winnie Griggs grew up in south Louisiana in an undeveloped area her friends thought of as the very back of beyond. With her two younger siblings and another family of two siblings for playmates, she spent many an hour exploring the overgrown land around her home, cutting jungle trails, building forts and frontier camps, and looking for pirate ships on the nearby bayou.

Once she ‘grew up’ she found other outlets for dealing with all those wonderful, adventurous imaginary friends by filling notebooks with their stories. And somewhere along the way, those scribblings gave way to full length stories.

Eventually she found her own Prince Charming, a rancher whose white steed takes the form of a tractor and whose kingdom is situated in a small rura...more


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Winnie Griggs You're welcome!!


Christine Hatfield thanks for being my friend


Winnie Griggs Hi Penelope! And thanks for the nice comments on my workshop. I always enjoy the NJ conference - it's so much fun and the people there are fabulous!


Penelope Marzec Hi Winnie,

Thanks for adding me. I attended your workshop last year in NJ. It was great!


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