This beautiful picture, taken recently by my daughter-in-law Jennifer Fry, reminds me of a scene in my book Amena’s Quest. Amena and her...

The quote you see illustrated below is taken from my middle-grade novel, Amena’s Quest. In this scene, Amena’s mother is extremely ill...

Hey, everybody, I met a fellow writer of middle-grade fiction books at a recent writers conference. We exchanged books, and each of us...