Meet a Poppy: Kimberly Brock

Two truths and a lie! I fabricated a ghost story in elementary school that scared all the kids on the playground, including my best friend, who wouldn’t sleep in her own bed for weeks. I had an extensive spinal fusion (T2-L3) performed when I was sixteen that ended my...

Meet a Poppy: Kate Moretti

This past weekend I did my first keynote speech! I spoke at Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers conference to around 350 people. I sometimes doubt that my story is, by itself, inspiring. I became a writer while on maternity leave and was able to publish with little...

Earth and Ink with Sonja Yoerg: Second Chances for the Beans, the Squash, and Me

I tend my garden every day; weeds offend me—deeply—as do dead leaves and dying flower heads. I find it easier to keep on top of problems, like squash bugs and hornworms, than deal with them once they’ve taken over. Not everyone can devote the time or energy required...

A Peek into the Writing Cave of Tif Marcelo

I am a rolling stone, in more ways than one. As a military family we have moved nine times and have inhabited eight homes. Each space was so different; each had its own character. In fact, I have a shelf-full of curtains yet to be reused—the combination of number of...

Meet a Poppy: Camille Pagan

Two Truths and a Lie: I once wanted to be a doctor One of my first jobs was babysitting teenage models I’ve published every novel I’ve ever written THE TRUTH: I’ve always wanted to be a novelist, but there was a time I considered pursuing medicine as a career. My...

Meet a Poppy: Patti Callahan Henry

Five Things about me: 1. I was a pediatric clinical nurse specialist — my first publication wasn’t a book but a thesis and then a coloring book for kids to learn how to take care of themselves after an injury. 2. My three kids are grown now and scattered about the US...