July 23, 2025

BOOK LAUNCH! Stay tuned for more information. The book launch for Present, Still Missing will be 6pm, Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at The Durham Public Library in Durham, CT.

Author Event: Granby Children’s Book Festival, Granby, CT, November 15, 2025 from 10am-1pm.

June 21, 2025

Pre-orders for Present, Still Missing, are LIVE! The official release date is September 16, 2025.

Here is the first review:

Present, Still Missing is a beautiful work of historical fiction! Readers will root for the plucky Irene as she navigates the tricky waters of growing up and changing friendships, set against the backdrop of her war-hero father’s complicated return to civilian life. But it’s also a hopeful example of the power of leaning on friends and family in difficult times, and what strength there is in asking for help. This story is equal parts funny, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and hopeful. Irene and her friends will be with me for a long, long time.

-Nancy Tandon, author of the award-winning The Way I Say It and The Ghosts of Spruce Point.

March 31, 2025

The Shoemaker of Siberia published in Gramarye: The Journal of Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction, Summer 2025, Issue 27.

Story and background information can be found on my Folklore/Short Story page

The Shoemaker of Siberia is a retelling of The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm. This version is set during WWII at the time of the Russian invasion of Poland. Poles under Russian occupation endured horrific atrocities. Land was seized, and 1.5 million Polish people were sent to labor camps in Siberia—another facet of Stalin’s multi-part ethnic cleansing plan. 

Only one third of those deported survived.
The Polish national anthem opens with these lines: Poland has not yet perished, as long as we still live. Those lines, history, and bits of family lore, have shaped this retelling.

Please visit https://www.sussexfolktalecentre.org/journal/ for information on ordering copies.