I just joined a fun group on Facebook--for fans of Trixie Belden! Trixie was my BFF from childhood, and I read those mysteries books over and over and over all through elementary school and middle school... and returned to them in high school and even college when I needed a Trix-Fix! Many people from the Facebook group posted nice messages to welcome me as a new member, and one of them, Judith Sears, reminded me she’d interviewed my about my passion for Trixie years ago. H

Please visit me (@kathrynreissauthor) on Instagram for updates and writing news. But continue to check back here as well; one of my resolutions is to write more frequently. Since my last post, nearly a year ago, the world has been plunged into the chaos and dread of this pandemic, and I’ve been overwhelmed with both worries and the practical matter of having to teach college classes remotely on Zoom while also caring for my ill mother (who died in April) and also helping th