Meet Kali: Kali is a little black lab with an important job to do. She is a humanitarian mine detection dog. It's her job to find dangerous mines that lay hidden in the ground in her homeland of Cambodia. When a young boy becomes sick, Kali must prove that she has the qualities of a top mine detection dog and carefully lead the boy, his father, and her handler over a treacherous mountain path to the nearest hospital in Kampot City.
I'm the author of Chips: A Hometown Hero; a historical MG novel based on the true-life adventures of the most highly decorated military dog from World War II (Ages 8 and up).
I'm currently working on a YA Historical Gothic Fantasy. It's set in NYC and the Hudson River Valley, during the mid-19th century.
When not writing, I enjoy feral cat rescue work, specifically, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). Member: SCBWI and OBOD