A few years ago, I heard a fascinating tale of a young Civil War soldier from Maine.  Well into middle age, I knew at once that I would write my first novel, Billy Boy, The Sunday Soldier of the 17th Maine.  And so my journey began.  Intrigued with the idea of enhancing the lesser known facts of an historical figure, I found another story in the life of FDR--his childhood friendship with a Passamaquoddy Elder, which became a children's picture book, Remember Me, Tomah Joseph's Gift to Franklin Roosevelt."

Moonbeam Gold Award for "Remember Me, Tomah Joseph's Gift to Franklin Roosevelt". Best Multi-Cultural Children's Picture Book for 2009.

Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review, for "Billy Boy, The Sunday Soldier of the 17th Maine"

Jean Flahive