Award-Winning Finalist in the Children's Religious category of the USA Best Book Awards. Also in 2025, Second Place winner in the Grade School category at the LDSPMA (Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media, and the Arts) conference.
Awards—I Am Strong! I Am Smart!
Awards—A Woman’s Power
Silver Quill Non-fiction Publications Award given by the League of Utah Writers.
I’ve been on a number of podcasts this year. Most recently I was featured on the Latter-day Lights Podcast. The subject was “The Gift of Creativity and Finding Your Voice.” Here is the link. Let me know what you think of it. I’d love to hear from you.
Media—Latter-day Lights Podcast
Media—KUTV
As a writer of children’s books, I was featured on a short segment on KUTV’s “Eye on Utah.”
Here is the link to my segment on KSL Television Studio 5 with Brooke Walker in May 2025.
Media—KSL Television Studio 5
Bestseller—The LDS Grandparents’ Idea Book
The LDS Grandparents’ Idea Book was a bestseller for Deseret Book. I was featured as a speaker on many occasions in large and small conferences, including a state-wide senator’s conference focusing on grandparenting. In addition, I participated in several different segments on KSL’s Studio 5 with Brooke Walker. A number of my grandchildren joined in each segment.
One of the Studio 5 segments was partially filmed at our home. This activity included cooking homemade pretzels with the grandchildren.
This Studio 5 segment included crowning Grandpa and Grandma and giving personalized gifts.
Three granddaughters joined me on the set for one of the Studio 5 segments. This segment focused on things we can do to share our skills with our grandchildren. The little girls modeled the dresses and skirt I made for each of them. The studio staff generously favored the girls with donuts as a snack while they waited for their turn to be on the program.
Media—Shattered: Six Steps from Betrayal to Recovery
I was featured as a guest speaker on many occasions in large and small conferences. At one event, due to a threat to harm me, for my safety, I spoke wearing a bullet-proof vest and a plain-clothed policeman patrolled the event. In addition to conferences, I was on television and radio multiple times.
Naomi Judd and I were guest speakers at a senator’s conference for women. After the event, Naomi and I exchanged books we wrote.
