Barbara ShepherdBarbara Shepherd is the author of a picture book, novel, cookbook, and poetry chapbook: The Potbelly Pig Promise, River Bend, Vittles and Vignettes, and Patchwork Skin. She received the "Outstanding Author Award for 2016" from Rose State and (twice) Writer of the Year" from American Christian Writers. She is a Woody Guthrie Poet and a former nominee for Poet Laureate of the State of Oklahoma. Her YA and historical novel manuscripts have cleared beta readers who say Shepherd puts them into the scene - they can see the action and well-rounded characters come alive on the page. Website: www.barbarashepherd.com Read More Read Less