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I confess, I'm a kidlit lover. I'm also the mother of two and grandmother of four. In addition to my day job, family, friends, book club, hiking, hobbies, and volunteer work, I love to read, and to write for children and teens. My short stories and articles have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, and my work has placed in a number of contests, but my greatest joy is writing picture books.

I'm thrilled to announce that my first picture book, The Alphabet Forest, is now available for purchase as both an ebook and a paperback. You can find it at http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com.

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This “mystery within a mystery” intrigued me and lured me in, but I was disappointed. I thoroughly enjoyed the mystery within and was close to the big reveal when FULL STOP. The story ends. It was jarring and difficult to switch tracks to the “real l ...more
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Lori Galaske and 90 other people liked Fiona's review of Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1): "I just can’t join in with all the plaudits this book has received which is disappointing as I had been looking forward to reading it so much. I really quite enjoyed the book within a book, i.e. Alan Conway’s Magpie Murders and was frustrated, as Horow" Read more of this review »
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Slow and uninteresting. The most appropriate adjective I can think of is bland. The story never comes to life, because none of the characters are fully fleshed out and developed. It’s a bland story with a bland ending. With that said, the last paragr ...more
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