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Georgia’s vision

What does an artist see that a cop might miss?

Georgia O’Keeffe is an amateur sleuth in my new mystery series, Light On Bone, coming Sept 6

Georgia Painting

Just three weeks till Light on Bone is published

Who’s the sidekick here? Georgia or the sheriff?

You can find out in the book

Georgia O’Keeffe is an amateur sleuth in my new mystery series, Light On Bone, coming Sept 6.

What does an artist see that a cop might miss?

You can find out!

Georgia O’Keeffe is an amateur sleuth who finds a body in the desert in my new mystery series, Light On Bone, coming Sept 6.

The first review is in and it has a STAR!

Here is what LIBRARY JOURNAL said:

Light on Bone: (a Georgia O’Keeffe Mystery). Sept. 2022. 298p. ISBN 9781954907041. $27.95. M

Starred Review

Before dawn in July 1934, Georgia O’Keeffe heads out from her New Mexico casita at Ghost Ranch to look for a horse’s skull she had seen in the desert. Instead, she finds vultures feeding on a man’s body. It takes Sheriff Ryan McCaffrey an hour to arrive from Santa Fe, where he finds a prickly artist who insists she has no aspirations to be an amateur detective. However, she does provide an artist’s viewpoint of the desert and the death scene. While the sheriff questions why a man dressed as a priest has a gun in his luggage, Georgia worries because the victim had a map with her house marked with an X. The death is the first in a string of tragedies that throw Ryan and Georgia together. Both Ryan and Georgia contact authorities when they suspect German spies and espionage in this pre–World War II mystery.

VERDICT The intricately plotted mystery puts a new spin on several historical figures, including O’Keeffe and the Lindberghs, who are guests at the ranch. Lasky (“Calista Jacobs” mysteries) provides vivid descriptions through O’Keeffe’s eyes that bring the setting and timeframe to life.

Now you can listen to The Secret of Glendunny

Audible featured the SECRET OF GLENDUNNY by Kathryn Lasky in their monthly KIDS email. The editor really loved the read, and the feature is really strong!

She Caught the Light wins again

Chosen by Bank Street College of Education

She Caught the Light:
Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer
by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Julianna Swaney (Harper/HarperCollins, $18.99) 978-0-06-284930-4 Despite a host of obstacles, Stevens Fleming persisted in her study of stars, becoming the first woman to work at the Harvard College Observatory. Whimsical cartoon-like illustrations. (7-9) 

In choosing books for the annual list, reviewers consider literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. 

A shout-out for the Dear America series

Dear America showed me, with an unshakeable force, what history could be.

The Atlantic magazine newsletter this week is about the impact of personal journals during crucial moments of history.

Reading the Dear America series, which features fictionalized diaries from young girls living through significant moments in American history, the value of this type of writing becomes clear: It models how to live in moments when global anxieties butt up against mundane concerns.

I did an interview with two great librarians

It is long but interesting

They asked such good questions about my research and how I develop book ideas.

Watch on Youtube

Book Birthday Today

The Secret of Glendunny swims your way.

Harper Collins is publishing my first animal fantasy in years.