Fiction Writer, Poet, Playwright, Educator, Memoir Writer and Literary Critic
My one-act play Pledging has just been published in Rushing Thru the Dark by Choeofpleirn Press. The editor is Ruth J. Heflin. This short play takes only ten minutes to perform. Pledging is about two women friends who want to…
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On March 2, 2021, I participated in Read Across America by reading my award-winning fiction picture book for children about bullying and the solar system, How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 6th edition 2018). I read online for…
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A Sprinkle of Dust: A Mother’s Struggle with Loss and Healing is a powerful memoir about a close-knit Arab-American family’s attempt to sustain a young man battling cancer and to recover after his death. Author Mary Saad Assel, a…
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