While my first two books took place in New York state, much of the third book, Beau Maas at Stop 99, is set in Ohio. So, I was pleased to learn that Ohio’s capital, Columbus, is one stop on a seven-state bicycle tour retracing 1,800 miles of the Underground Railroad that will raise money to [...]

A good writer does not use clichés, but here’s one I can’t do without when it comes to sexual exploitation of children: The more things change, the more they stay the same. And I don’t write that flippantly.
I’m reading a book by Judith Kelleher Schafer titled Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women: Illegal Sex in Antebellum [...]