I Wanted To Write About Women And

Over The Years, I've Traveled To Many Places For Inspiration And Research, Including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, And Hawaii.

Mary Lincoln Provided Elizabeth Keckley With Opportunities For Social And Economic Advancement She Probably Had Never Imagined During Her Years As A Slave, While Elizabeth Offered Mary The Loyal, Steadfast Friendship She Craved But Had Always Found So Elusive.

I've Always Wanted To Be A Writer. Ever Since I Learned To Read, I've Wanted To Share Stories With Others The Way My Favorite Writers Shared Their Stories With Me.

In My Contemporary Stories, I Write About Today's Quilters, Inventive Techniques They Use, And How Technology Has Influenced Their Art. Novels Set In The Past Let Me Have Fun Researching Patterns That Were Popular And Fabrics And Tools Available To Quilters Through History.

What I Would Give, I Thought, To Have Been Present As Elizabeth Keckley Measured Mary Lincoln For A New Gown, To Overhear Their Conversations On Topics Significant And Ordinary, To Observe The Lincoln White House From Such An Intimate Perspective. From That Moment, My Interest In Their Remarkable Friendship Was Captivated, And It Never Really Waned.