Cheri Pierson Yecke, PhD, is an educator, historian, and author whose latest work invites readers to discover the real woman behind one of America's most treasured literary figures. Her book, Discovering Laura: The Historical Laura Ingalls Wilder, is the first in a three-volume historical nonfiction series exploring the lives of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo J. Wilder through meticulous historical research.

When reality fractures—skin turning to ash, moonlit chases, swamps that hunt—the three confront whether escape is myth or survival demands embracing the world that shaped them. Voyages of an Oceanless Boat blends lyrical prose and surreal imagery into a haunting story of fate, illusion, and resilience.

Beth DeCarbo’s Mom & Pop Hardware is a storytelling‑driven Substack publication that uses independent hardware stores as a looking-glass for exploring American life, history, and culture.