Remember those heart-warming Hallmark Christmas scenes? You know, the ones with the tall tree nicely trimmed, a variety of Christmas cookies frosted and sprinkled, Christmas presents neatly wrapped and stacked, […]
Meet Leslie Tall Manning
Author:Leslie Tall Manning, who won the 2016 Sarton Award for her young adult fiction book, Upside Down in a Laura Ingalls Town, was in college before the writing bug bit […]
Meet Jenni Ogden
Author:Winner of the SCN 2015-16 May Sarton Award in contemporary fiction for A Drop in the Ocean: A Novel, Jenni Ogden grew up in a country town in New Zealand […]
Meet Mary Fillmore
Author:“Keep the faith with your work. When you find something important to write about, find many different ways to investigate it, and never stop making it better.” The author of An […]
Meet Virginia A. Simpson
Author:Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D. earned a Fellowship in Thanatology by the Association of Death Education & Counseling (ADEC). Dr. Simpson was cited in the July 2007 issue of Town & […]
Meet Barbara Stark-Nemon
Author:May Sarton, the poet and novelist who is the inspiration behind Story Circle Network’s annual Sarton Award, was also an inspiration for author Barbara Stark-Nemon’s book, Even in Darkness, the […]







