Murder at the Courthouse (26 page)
All I've ever wanted to do is write stories, but I've had fun going down different storytelling paths at times. I couldn't do that if I wasn't blessed with readers like you who are willing to follow me down those story trails. You've traveled through the years in my Shaker village of Harmony Hill. You've shared the adventures of Jocie and friends in my Heart of Hollyhill books. Then you went farther back in time to Rosey Corner to share the lives of the Merritt sisters. Some of you even went to 1855 Louisville for
Words Spoken True.
And now I've created Hidden Springs where mysteries happen. So thank you all for reading.
I also thank my publishing company, Revell Books, a division of Baker Publishing, for letting me tell the stories in all these different places. Thank you, Lonnie Hull DuPont, for your help in making my stories better. Thanks also to Barb Barnes for her careful editing, line by line, to keep my mess-ups to a minimum. Thanks to Lindsay Davis for her readiness to help anytime I ask her. I appreciate the whole Baker team and the great work they do on my covers and in turning my stories into books.
I am blessed to work with a wonderful agent, Wendy Lawton, who is always looking around the next storytelling
bend and encouraging me to do so as well. Her encouragement and prayers mean so much.
Thanks, too, to Tony Likins, who tried to guide me into the modern era of local police forces. Any mistakes I made are my own and no reflection on him.
Last of all, I thank my family and my Lord. Blessings on top of blessings.
Great is thy faithfulness.
A. H.
Gabhart
is a pseudonym for Ann H. Gabhart, the bestselling author of more than twenty novels for adults and young adults.
Angel Sister
, Ann's first Rosey Corner book, was a nominee for inspirational novel of 2011 by
RT Book
Reviews
magazine, and
Love Comes Home
, Rosey Corner book three, was the 2015 Selah Book of the Year. Her Shaker novel,
The Outsider
, was a Christian Book Awards finalist in the fiction category. She lives on a farm not far from where she was born in rural Kentucky. She and her husband are blessed with three children, three in-law children, and nine grandchildren. Ann loves reading books, watching her grandkids grow up, and walking with her dog, Oscar.
Ann has fun connecting with readers on her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/anngabhart, where you can peek over her shoulder for her “Sunday mornings coming down” or walk along to see what she might spot on her walks or laugh with her on Friday smiles day. Then come visit Ann at
www.annhgabhart.com
to check out her books, blog, and more.
