Lorena Dove

Lorena Dove has been reading and dreaming about living during the great westward migration since she was a young child growing up in Western New York and Virginia.

Lorena raised four children in a modernized 1880s log cabin for 10 years. The seasons of nature, the beauty of mountains and rivers, and the simple enjoyment of gardening, reading and quilting have been her passions. She enjoys the interplay of cultures and passing down of traditions, recipes and family values to her children and grandchildren.

She lives with her husband, a retired Marine Corps colonel, and sons in Virginia. She collaborates on books with her daughter, whose passion for historical fiction exceeds her own, and is waiting for her granddaughters to fit into their mother's dress-up hoopskirts and bonnets.

You can keep in touch with Lorena by visiting her website at www.LorenaDove.com or on her Facebook at LorenaDoveBooks.