Shannon Hitchcock Writes from A Sense of Place

I’m counting my fall book blessings here and wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

At the Reycraft Halloween party, employees dressed up as characters from their recently published books. Here’s a picture of Soraya and rumor has it one of the men dressed up as Ray Hicks from my picture book biography, SAVING GRANDDADDY’S STORIES!

Sue Heavenrich interviewed me about SHE SANG FOR THE MOUNTAINS. Her blog post is titled Shannon Hitchcock Writes from a Sense of Place. You can read her questions and my responses on the GROG Blog.

In other news, SHE SANG FOR THE MOUNTAINS was nominated for a Capitol Choices Award:

And finally, Scholastic updated their diversity catalogue, The Power of Story Diverse Books for All Readers. I was thrilled for my books ONE TRUE WAY and FLYING OVER WATER to be included.

I’ll be back next month with news of my acceptance to two book festivals and an exciting new development for my book, ONE TRUE WAY.