A New Book Trailer for The Vanishing Woman
Bay Forest Books released a new book trailer for The Vanishing Woman, produced by Stan Severance. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uai2yECAxCc
The opening lines of the trailer say, "Eliza called her father 'Papa'. Her half-sister, Ellen, called...
Ellen’s Disguise
Jennifer Goran, a Champaign actress, did her first presentation this past week as Ellen Craft, the slave who escaped in 1848 by posing as a white man. Jennifer did a marvelous job bringing Ellen...
The Strange Worlds of Ellen and Eliza
Take a good look at the two women pictured here. They were half-sisters, but they lived in two entirely different worlds.
One was the other's slave.
Ellen and Eliza had the same father, Major James P....
The Museum That Changed My Life
In a little over a week, I will be returning to the museum that altered my writing career and led to my passion--writing historical novels. On Saturday, November 17, at 1 p.m., I will...
‘The Vanishing Woman’ is off the Press!
My new novel, The Vanishing Woman, has just come off the press--although I haven't received my copies just yet.
The Vanishing Woman is based on the incredible true story of Ellen Craft, a light-skinned slave...
The Lincoln Movie Trailer
Ted Johnson, a wonderful actor I got to visit with at this year's Gideon Media Arts Conference, plays a small but very important role in the upcoming Stephen Spielberg movie, Lincoln. He has pointed...
The Civil War’s First Martyr
Elijah Lovejoy's Last Stand
Mobs had already destroyed Elijah Lovejoy's printing press three times, and they were aiming for a fourth time in November of 1837.
Lovejoy, a Presbyterian minister, had riled up people in St....
Henry’s Freedom Box
Caldecott Honor Book Joins The Disappearing Man in Canton Festivities
I first came across Henry Brown's incredible story while visiting Cincinnati for the premiere of the VeggieTales movie, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. At...
Slaves Without Masters
Free Blacks Lived on the Edge Between Slavery and Freedom
When Henry Brown arrived in Richmond in 1830 at the age of 15, the city boasted a population of roughly 16,000--half of which were African-American....
