Got to meet Juneau Black yesterday!

Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel - the writing duo behind the Shady Hollow Series

Katie and I went to meet Juneau Black yesterday at the Westfield Library. Jocelyn read from their new (and last) book, talked about the origins of the series, and answered questions.

Some cool stuff I learned:

• They wrote the first draft of Shady Hollow during National Novel Writing Month. It was inspired by animal finger puppets they named at the independent bookstore they worked at in Wisconsin.

• That draft was written in 2010. So they've been at it for a much longer time than I thought!

• Sharon is a full-time librarian and Jocelyn writes in othe genres under other pen names

Sharon and Jocelyn were completely lovely and answered all of our questions with thoroughly. We got a book signed.

This is the second time I've met a creator of something I loved and I kicked myself for not directly thanking them for their work and the joy it's brought me. I won't make that mistake a 3rd time!