Deborah A. Allen, an “almost native” Floridian, was a fifth grader when her writing was first published in a school literary journal. Since then, her work has appeared in her college newspaper, as well as The Florida Writer, the AARP Bulletin, and a British child development journal. The Swinging Door, her first published novel, was a finalist in the 2013 Florida Writer’s Association Royal Palm Literary Awards. Tall Pine Turning, her second novel for adults, was published in 2016. Her second novel, Moon Trail, written for middle-grade readers, was published in 2015. Visit the kid-friendly website www.moon-trail.com to read more about the novel and for extensive explanatory background information surrounding events, people, and items mentioned in the book.