Createspace Independent Publishing Platform A campy christmas: a frannie shoemaker campground adventure, paperback/aurora lightbourne

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A holiday novella.

The Shoemakers and Ferraros plan to spend Christmas in Texas with Larry and Jane Ann About the Author Visit her website at www.

karenmussernortman.

com Karen Musser Nortman, after previous incarnations as a secondary social studies teacher (22 years) and a test developer (18 years), returned to her childhood dream of writing a novel.

The Frannie Shoemaker Campground mYsteries came out of numerous 'round the campfire' discussions, making up answers to questions raised by the peephole glimpses one gets into the lives of fellow campers.

Where did those people disappear to for the last two days? What kinds of bones are in this fire pit? Why is that woman wearing heels to the shower house? Karen and her husband Butch originally tent camped when their children were young and switched to a travel trailer when sleeping on the ground lost its romantic adventure.

They take frequent weekend jaunts with friends to parks in Iowa and surrounding states, plus occasional longer trips.

Entertainment on these trips has ranged from geocaching and hiking/biking to barbecue contests, balloon fests, and buck skinners' rendezvous.

Karen has three children and eight grandchildren.

She also loves reading, gardening, and knitting, and can recite the 99 counties of Iowa in alphabetical order.