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Children’s Books

Outfoxed, a middle grade novel featuring family, friendship, and an adorable baby fox! (Available for Pre-Order)

Twelve-year-old Skye has just rescued a baby fox she’s named Kitkat, with the help of her Park Ranger cousin Braeden. Skye would usually release the fox back into the wild as soon as it’s healed, but this baby fox was injured by a trap. No one hurts a baby animal and gets away with it as long as Skye’s around, and now she’s on a mission to find the poacher!

When Skye takes Kitkat to the vet, she meets a quiet girl named Ivy. To Skye’s surprise, Ivy decides to join in on the investigation and a friendship starts to form between the girls. But will these new friends uncover the true identity of the poacher and safely release Kitkat back into the wild? (Scholastic 2025)

Upcoming: The Little Red Bakery, a sweet picture book about a Cherokee family whose pie shop is at the center of a community in a bustling city. (Abrams 2026)

Hedge Over Heels, a middle grade story about first crushes, friendship drama, and prickly pets!

Rayna is used to being the new kid at school. But that doesn’t mean she wants to make new friends! Why bother when the military will only reassign her mom again soon anyway? No, the only friend Rayna wants is a furry, four-legged one.

But instead of the dog she’s been dreaming of, what Rayna gets is a hedgehog named Spike who is as prickly and emo as she is. Worse, Rayna’s mom insists she enter Spike in a pet talent show to get to know some kids her age, including a very cute boy named Nick. Only Spike doesn’t want to hang out or show off any more than Rayna does. Will Rayna curl herself into a ball and hide, or will she and Spike take a chance a new pack of friends? (Scholastic 2022)

Calling the Moon “Cannibal at the Door” A middle grade short story about an eleven-year-old Cherokee girl returning to live with her mother after being in foster care.

This story also features the Cherokee legend of Stonecoat, a cannibal monster who meets a deadly fate thanks to some very powerful women.

Kanuchi Day, a picture book reader about a Cherokee girl who learns to make kanuchi, an ancient and traditional Cherokee dish, with her grandmother. (Scholastic 2021)

Adult Books

Upcoming works:

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 ponders the meaning of a “Medicine Meal.”

One asks, “Where do peaches come from?”

One features a very heavy set of knives.

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