Oliver was born in Chichester West Sussex and lives in nearby Bognor Regis with his parents and younger brother. He attended school firstly in Rose Green which is on the outskirts of Bognor Regis and then he moved on to Chichester Free School in Year 4. He had a love of reading from an early age and read many books with his Grandmother. He particularly thrived on Harry Potter. However, he found writing very difficult. He comes from a family...

From the award-winning author who brought you i am Elephant, I am Butterfly and Upside Down in a Laura Ingalls Town. Erica O'Donnell is hardly the quintessential high school senior. She doesn't have a driver's license. She's never been to a concert. Sports are out of the question. She doesn't own a pair of heels. No boy has ever asked her out. All of this for good reason: Erica faints. A lot. And at the most inconvenient times. Chronic fainting,...

2 Josh is struggling. Added to the pain of school, struggling through crippling dyslexia, is the recent death of his father. Near his breaking point, his mother sends him to complete a task that ends in a startling new way of seeing that shifts his focus outward. In a new effort to help others, he finds the beginning of healing.

The book focuses more on Mrs. Claus rather than on Santa. It is about Mrs. Claus being put in a situation where Santa becomes ill, and she is placed out of her comfort zone so that children won't be disappointed for Christmas. I got the idea while watching Christmas cartoons this past year, and I noticed that we really weren't seeing Mrs. Claus. I'm old-fashioned, and I don't like computers, so I picked up a pencil and eraser at first when I began...

Two very adventurous Pekingese puppies of royalty are off on an adventure into the mystical magical forest.

This story started out as a science experiment to see if a cold Florida lizard would move into a birdhouse for shelter, and Slick did. Then the story played out and turned into compassion and love for Slick.

Doris "Cookie" Palacios loved telling stories to her two grandkids, Brooke and Anthony. Whenever they came to visit, before getting in the door, they reminded her that they must have a story before bedtime. Cookie worked long hours and was pretty exhausted by the kids' bedtime, but there was no getting around story time. Each night, Cookie would lie on the bed, the kids would pile on, and they were off to another land and time. Like butter on a skillet,...

What else can go wrong for Solinea? In the three years since her mother had walked out leaving her with her stepfather, Tom, all she wanted was to be a normal teen-age girl with a normal life - friends, a real home and regular food. Just when it seems that things are starting to work out, her mother shows up out of nowhere. Why? Can Solinea forgive her? Does she still love her? The hurt and anguish and confusion tear her apart, what can she do? To...

Welcome to Twin Brothers Mountains, nestled in the highlands of the Isle. This is a saga of two families who arrive on the Isle and earn citizenship. They become landowners on the Twin Brothers Mountains. The story follows their adventures and misadventures in today's world. Tom Langley arrives on the Isle before his eighteenth birthday. Tom likes Mary. However, will the marriage board allow them to marry? Ian and Molly MacGregger with their young...

Cold War era is over, or is it? Greed, power, and money threaten both US and Russian relations as a list of double agents are for sale to the highest bidder. Former KBG agents, CIA operatives, and the FBI all entangle in a quagmire of murder and double-crosses. A suspenseful drama with many twists and turns will keep the reader guessing as to who the good guys really are. If you're a fan of espionage, then this is a must-read.