Main Street Flora and Ruby were not pale waifs shivering under threadbare blankets. They were just Flora and Ruby Northrop, whose parents had died in a car accident and who were now going to live with their grandmother, Min, in Camden Falls.
Catching Up With Ann
It's been many years now since I left my full-time job as a children's book editor in New York City to focus solely on writing. It was definitely scary to give up the security and routine of an office, but I felt confident that I could make the transition. Those first few years in my home office were some of the busiest of my life, but I learned a lot about how to plan my days, weeks, and months in order to be as creative and productive as possible.