When Mt. St. Helens Blew

My guest today is my good friend and fellow Women Writing the West member, Mary Trimble. Her third novel, Tenderfoot, has just been released by Treble Heart Books, and with a setting that revolves around the Mount St. Helen's eruption, is a very timely story. Mary is also author of two Young Adult novels, Rosemount and award-winning McClellan's Bluff.

Mary, what gave you the idea to write a story around this catastrophic event?

When I spent time interviewing a rancher in eastern Washington, he ...