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CODE TALKER: The Life of WWII Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez (Biography) - Chester Nez volunteers as a Marine during WWII even though his Navajo people are not allowed to vote in his home state of New Mexico. He becomes one of the 29 original code talkers, the men who developed, tested, and implemented the famous Navajo code in battle. Experts say this code was crucial to the defeat of Japan in the South Pacific.
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BALLAD IN THREE VOICES (novel) - Tragedy ricochets through a family with surprising results. Three adult siblings, freed from accustomed roles, launch themselves in directions that are sometimes creative, sometimes illegal, but always surprising.
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CHICA IN THE PROMISED LAND (novel) - America Davila, a young Latina woman, escapes the stranglehold of her traditional family only to be dragged back by a fearsome foe, her ninety-eight pound mama.
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LIFE RAFT BLUES (novel) - Success traps a young professional in a job she has grown to hate. Inadvertently she becomes involved in a computer scam that threatens lives, including her own.
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SECRETS OF THE DREAMCATCHERS (novel) - A teenager on a distant planet loses her parents and joins forces with four other orphans. Living in a hidden tree house, they forge a secret society dedicated to righting wrongs.
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Hola! from Tijeras, NM
After growing up in New York and New Hampshire, I made New Mexico, with its wonderful diversity of cultures, my home. I worked as a social worker, an artist, an air traffic controller, and a computer consultant before finally discovering writing!

As a storyteller, I hope that my characters become fast friends with my readers.My fictional characters live, like all of us, in an imperfect world. But they focus on what could be. This often requires grit, determination and the courage to step out of their own paradigms.  My non-fiction project, Code Talker, features a WWII Navajo code talker, a man who stepped out of his comfort zone on the reservation and volunteered for top-secret duty as a Marine in the war against the Japanese .
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