I wrote another long-running series for girls, titled "SummerHill Secrets," which was set very close to Neffsville, PA, where I grew up-near the heart of Amish country.īut it was the story of my grandmother Ada Buchwalter's shunning by her ultra-strict father and subsequently her old order Mennonite community that nudged me toward writing adult fiction. Soon after, my first chapter book was published for 7-10-year-old readers ("Big Bad Beans") which later became part of my 24-book series, The Cul-de-Sac Kids. My first book (Holly's First Love) was published in May 1993, the start of a 14-book series for pre-teen girls. By sixth grade, I'd hand-written a 66-page semi-autobiographical book titled, "She Shall Have Music."Īfter I was married and our three children were in middle school, I began submitting articles and short fiction to various magazines. When I was about 9 years old, I started writing my own stories. I've had my nose in a book, for as long as I remember.
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