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Non-fiction book: Heaven on the Half Shell: The Story of the Northwest's Love Affair with the Oyster
(Westwinds Press, 2001), covers the industry from the early days of the California Gold Rush to today's fascinating scientific innovations, and all the quirky characters in-between. I was project manager and co-author, and wrote and produced the related Web site. The book grew out of one oyster grower's love for keeping a delightful industry scrapbook spanning decades.The book won a gold medal from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. The Web site received an award of excellence from the Society for Technical Communications. Excerpts from some reviews: Sunset Magazine: Who ever imagined that oysters, tight-lipped creatures that they are, had such great stories to tell? Seattle Magazine: Accented with artful visuals and mouthwatering descriptions -- ambrosial, succulent, tender -- it will surely inspire even the queasiest of eaters to dedicate a meal to our own Olympia oysters. Gastronomica: Not just for oyster aficionados, this book is a manual of style for introducing passion into culinary history. Pacific Northwest, The Seattle Times Magazine (Greg Atkinson): Colorful, readable and thoroughly appetizing, my copy of "Heaven" is battered and stained in a way that only a few of my favorite reference books ever are. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Jon Hahn): A bit of a tasty bivalve itself. There's a lotta tasty meat, delicious color photographs and even some exciting oyster recipes between the covers of this easy-to-open paperback.
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Children's Book The Curious Adventure of Roodle Jones
24 pages, 8" x 5.25" glossy cover
Color illustration on every page
For ages 3 and up
"A joyful day's romp with friends!" | A sweet story about a Labrador retriever, Roodle Jones, who leads her friends Ned the cat and Wallabee the wallaby on a neighborhood adventure with a message about the importance of love. Order the book today on Amazon.com
A testimonial from a happy customer:
"Roodle Jones was a HUGE hit with my goddess daughter. I gave it to her on Saturday – and since then, it’s had to go EVERYWHERE (church, bed, car seat, store) with her – she even woke her parents up at 6:30 on Sunday morning because she couldn’t find it!" Fiction Cromwell's Assassin The story begins in the 1650s when Gen. Oliver Cromwell's army devastates Ireland. A 14-year old girl confronts him, then esapes but vows to return, determined that her destiny is to kill him. She is sold into slavery on a West Indies sugar plantation and overcomes brutality, disease and an indian attack, to finally return to hold her knife at Cromwell's throat. Her adventures and the rich period history illuminate a time when post-civil war England remained at war with itself. About this book, readers have said: "Fabulous!" and "Bravo!" -- They loved the characters and said they could not wait to see what would happen next. "I teared up at the end." Irish Pennant Stevie O'Shea falls to an emotional low when her marriage has failed and her new lover distances, but her world truly begins to unravel when her father, the great banker Marshall O'Shea, is mysteriously murdered on his Georgia estate. When his life story is told by a feisty old and, Stevie realizes how much she is like him and how she must change to avoid his same fate. The reader is transported from post-war nationalist Panama, to the booming Port of Houston and the coffee plantations of Brazil. The book offers a well-researched adventure with a bit of mid-century history.
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