Mary Beth Lagerborg

Turquoise Summer is the debut novel of Mary Beth Lagerborg, and is set in Grand Lake, Colorado, in 1947. She describes it as The Help meets Nancy Drew and A River Runs Through It.

Mary Beth is also a personal historian who captures clients' memoirs or family stories in custom-published books. Her website is www.Retelling.net.

She is the author of nine non-fiction books, and is co-creator, with Mimi Wilson, of the ultimate do-ahead dinner technique, Once-A-Month Cooking. This book has helped thousands of people to strengthen family mealtimes. Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites, a later book of entirely different recipes, includes a two-week family menu plan of gluten-free recipes. www.once-a-monthcooking.com.