Along with her husband, John, several cats, goats, chickens and a corgi, Joan Donaldson lives on an organic fruit farm in southwest Michigan. She has published two picture books and two historical novels. Her latest book, On Viney's Mountain won the 2010 Friends of American Writers Award for Outstanding Young Adult Novel, and represented the state of Tennessee at the 2010 National Book Festival. In 2008, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from Spalding University in creative writing. When not thinking of stories or farming, she loves to make quilts, garden, and play Scottish fiddle tunes on her harp.
