Like the characters from most of my stories, I grew up in an ordinary working-class family, with parents who taught me to value the simple things in life. I was an only child until age fifteen. Though not rich, my childhood was filled with books, music, and pets,  piano lessons and Girl Scouts, fishing trips and my first horse, a retired Standardbred pacer.  My favorite times were the yearly weeklong vacations at Putnam Pond State Campground, which is now only a fifteen-minute drive from my house. Those tr more...

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