Diane asked Rachel Howzell Hall:

No questions -- just compliments: I'm currently reading Skies of Ash and have read your previous books. Love them, terrific writing, wonderful story-telling. I'm lobbying my friends to become fans! When's your next book?

Rachel Howzell Hall Hi, Diane!

Thanks so much for the compliments and lobbying -- novelists can never have enough! I appreciate your tremendous support and I'm so glad that you love Lou and her stories. I'm having a great time writing her adventures! The next story, TRAIL OF ECHOES, will be out next year this time. Lou returns to the Jungle after a teenage girl is found dead on a trail in a nearby park.

Can't wait to share it with you!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. I feel strange right now -- my daughter graduated from fifth grade and there's no homework to do... except for mine, which is finishing the first draft of the fourth Lou Norton novel.

Best,
Rachel

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