Updated April 10, 2021

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Affiliations

Western Writers of America.

Women Writing the West (founding member).

Historical Novel Society.

Friends of the Flint Hills  (setting for new book Miss Royal’s Mules).

Five Star Authors’ Group.

Past:

Novelists Inc.

Authors’ Guild.

Mystery Writers of America,

Romance Writers of America.

Awards

THE PLAINSWOMAN

1994 WWA Spur Award Finalist.

Best Original Paperback.

ANSWER ME, ANSWER ME

1985  ALA Reluctant Reader List.

IRA Young Adult’s Choice, Nominee.

Young Reader’s Award.

Child Study Best Books for Children List.

Young Adult Literary Guild Selection.

BEFORE THE LARK

1982 WWA Spur Award.

1984-85 Mark Twain Award Finalist.

Child Study Best Books for Children List.

Junior Literary Guild.

MORNING GLORY AFTERNOON

Young Adult Literary Guild.

WILLOW WHIP

1979 Child Study List.

Junior Literary Guild.

Kansas Reading Circle Choice.

SKITTERBRAIN

1978 Scholastic Book Club.

Kansas Reading Circle Choice.

Pacific Northwest Writing Conference

First Place Best Juvenile novel.

Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award

1998 for Significant Contribution to

Children’s Literature.