Me, my sister Daphne, Diana Gabaldon, and Andrea Patten at the Amelia Island Ritz Carlton during the Amelia Island Book Festival Gala. Loved meeting and interviewing Diana, she is amazing!

As a book festival board member for 2020 I was pleased to meet our honorary chair, the internationally famous David Baldacci.

Such a joy to meet the author of Hidden Figures at the Amelia Island Book Festival and connect with her on the love of writing and research.

Keeley Stephenson and her son stand outside a door installed by the 1st Earl of Strafford in 1630 in his family home and the largest private residence in England: Wentworth Woodhouse. She holds The Earl in Black Armor which features Strafford on the cover. The book now has a place in the library there.

Awarded by the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, August 2016.

Featured in The Prince of Glencurragh

Excellent example of 17th century lifestyle, recommended by Lucy Worsley.

With Pat Hogan, Eddie and Teresa MacEoin, near Castlefreke, County Cork

Generous coverage of Brand Yourself Royally in the Fernandina Beach News Leader

2001 promo pic with co-authors Terry Nosho and David Gordon, for Heaven on the Half Shell, the Story of the Northwest's Love Affair with the Oyster. Sampling oysters at Seattle's Pike Place Market.

First visit to Ireland at age 14: is it any wonder I'm still writing about it?

Receiving the gold medal from Mark Wayne Adams for The Prince of Glencurragh, August 2017.

A side trip during a research visit to Ireland, April 2018

The ghostly figure on the right is actually the tour guide running out of my way. April 2018

Location featured in The Earl in Black Armor

View from the window at Portumna

A flower vendor off Grafton Street, April 2018

Featured in The Prince of Glencurragh. April 2018

Silver award in the 2019 Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary awards, historical fiction. Also named 4th runnerup overall for Book of the Year!