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Children’s Books

HOT OFF THE PRESSES:

So honored and happy to have two books out with Scholastic in 2022!

Kanuchi Day, a picture book about a Cherokee girl who learns to make kanuchi, an ancient and traditional Cherokee dish, with her grandmother,

and, Hedge Over Heels, a middle grade novel about friendship and prickly pets that is part of the Scholastic WISH series.

In 2023, I’m honored to have my middle-grade short story, “Cannibal at the Door” featured in the anthology Calling the Moon  (Candlewick Press). It is a story within a story and features the ancient Cherokee legend of Stonecoat, a cannibal monster who meets a deadly fate, thanks to some very powerful women.

2024 and Beyond!

My picture book The Little Red Bakery, about a Cherokee family who runs a pie shop and cafe within a busy city will be published with Abrams.

Adult Books

I wish I could speak more of these works in progress, but they are currently a delicious secret kept between me and my agent. However, I will say that they are lyrical, full of prose, and feature food in some way. Some are fiction, some creative nonfiction.

A few hints to whet the literary appetites:

One features a very heavy set of knives.

One ponders the meaning of a “Medicine Meal.”

And still another features a retired special forces soldier and missing vegetables.