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Short Stories in Anthologies:
My short story “Payback” is coming out in the Tucson Sisters in Crime anthology More Trouble in Tucson.
SoWest: Danger Awaits! has been selected as a 2026 finalist for a Derringer Award for best anthology. See The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog for details. This SINC Desert Sleuths anthology came out in September 2025 and includes my short story, “A Killer Job.”
A “Best Children’s Book of 2022”!
Calling all curious young scientists, artists and makers! Come into the workshop and find out How to Build an Insect. While you are inside, discover different insect body parts —from head to cerci — and how they go together. At the same time, explore how human body structures compare to those of insects through playful illustrations. The workshop in the book has so much to offer, once you come through the doors, you might not want to leave. Once you do, however, crank up your creativity and build your own insect model!
How to Build an Insect from Millbrook Press is available at Lerner, Changing Hands Bookstore (local Indie), Bookshop.org, and Amazon.
- Current nominee for the 2023 North Carolina Children’s Book Awards.
- Notable Award NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts, 2022
- Notable Award Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year, 5-9 year olds list, 2022
- On March 21, 2024 the German translation of our book was nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis) 2024 at the Leipzig Book Fair. Winners will be announced in October.
