A New Novel Coming & Professional Reviews
My next novel, co-written with Amie Specht was finally announced in Publishers Weekly!
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Lauri Hornik at Rocky Pond Books has acquired the middle grade novel Dear Amie, an inspirational story about living courageously despite disability, co-written by Amie Specht–who has Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world–and Shannon Hitchcock (Flying Over Water). Publication is planned for spring 2024; Deborah Warren at East West Literary Agency represented both, for world rights.
Amie and I have been busy. In the last couple of weeks, we have written a dedication, Acknowledgments, and submitted the first round of edits. Our editor would like to change the title, and we’ve turned in a list of possible substitutes. It’s starting to look like a real book!
And on the picture book front, professional reviews have started rolling in for Story Quilts–Appalachian Women Speak. I was very pleased with both Publishers Weekly and the dreaded Kirkus! Story Quilts is available for pre-order at your favorite indy bookstore and will be shipping the week of September 30th.
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