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peeps: Sarah Price
A descendant of the Preiss family, who came from Europe to the U.S. in 1705 and settled in Pennsylvania among the first wave of Mennonites, Sarah Price has always loved exploring and researching her family’s history, culture and religion. When she was 19, she began living on the farm of an Amish family she befriended. […]
peeps: Sylvia Engdahl
Highly-acclaimed for her Young Adult novels (also enjoyed by adults!), Sylvia Engdahl has received numerous awards, honors and recognition, including a 1971 Newbery Honor Book for Enchantress from the Stars, which also later won the Children Literature Association’s 1990 Phoenix Award and a finalist for the 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year in the […]
peeps: Heather Topham Wood
Growing up in New Jersey shore town, author Heather Topham Wood’s obsession with novels began back in childhood, and apparently it was strong enough that in her teens, she began writing fiction. After graduating with a bachelor’s in English from the College of New Jersey, she proceeded to a fruitful freelance writing career, her work […]
peeps: Suzanne Jenkins
Suzanne Jenkins, author of (among others) the Pam of Babylon dramatic fiction book series, remembers writing stories for her grandmother back when she was only 7. “They weren’t cute stories, either,” she recalls, “but dark from the start.” Interesting. That must have gone over well in her Greek/American household in the suburbs of Detroit. “Human drama […]
peeps: Parker Francis (Vic DiGenti)
Although he hadn’t really technically strayed from his first love, writing, author Vic DiGenti enjoyed a long career in broadcasting and special events, in NE Florida Public TV/Radio stations for the most part, playing a number of major roles in various prominent local events, including producing the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. After retirement, however, he finally […]
peeps: Claude Bouchard
Born in Montreal, Canada, Claude Bouchard studied human resources, accounting and management at Montreal’s McGill University. This led to a career in HR and finance. He says he worked in the field “for what seemed like decades, because it was.” In the mid-90s, he wrote a series of three novels, Vigilante, The Consultant and Mind […]
