I have so many precious memories of this, my favorite holiday, both recent and long, long ago. I grew up in the small town of Northport, Washington, about 9 miles south of the Canadian border. My folks ran a motel, and our living space was very small, although that...
My honorary grandmother, Florence Heritage Wiley, grew up just outside of Coffeyville, Kansas, on a family farm. One day, a barrage of gunshots ripped through the quiet countryside. Since the shots came from the direction of town, Gramma’s father, Mr. Heritage, either...
I grew up listening to the stories of my honorary grandmother, Florence Heritage Wiley. Here’s one of my favorites. As a child, Gramma, as we called her, lived on a farm about a few miles outside the town of Coffeyville, Kansas. One day, a lone man rode up to the...
I’m excited about the December 31 release of my new novel, WHERE THE CREEK BENDS. Like many of my previous books, this one has a Western slant, but it’s a bigger and more expansive story than I have ever written before. And there’s an element that might surprise...
When I write Westerns, I like to play certain songs, partly because I love them, being a country girl at heart, raised around horses and rodeos, and partly because they inspire me in crazy, wonderful ways. Three of these very special songs are “Pancho and Lefty”,...
