Vickie L. Gardner is the author of the delightful The Adventures of Darby series for early readers, The Ghost of Morgan Gulch, a middle-grade novel, A Hunter’s Dream and Love on the Wild Frontier, both short stories. Vickie was born in Utah, but has spent most of her life in Littleton, Colorado, where she lives with her husband and their two cats. A proposal manager by day, Vickie spends much of her off-time writing her stories and creating new adventures for children of all ages. Vickie is a three time-graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature which helped springboard her into the world of writing and where The Ghost of Morgan Gulch story was born. Vickie won honorable mention in 2010 for Love on the Wild Frontier. She won second place in the 2015 Sportsman’s News contest for A Hunter’s Dream, based on one of her son’s elk hunting adventures and she recently won a Hindi’s Libraries 2022 Females of Fiction Contest Silver Award in the chapter book category for The Ghost of Morgan Gulch. Vickie loves spending time with her husband, her two children, and four grandchildren from whom she captures wonderful, and at times crazy, tidbits from their time together to create her stories. She loves to travel, enjoys music and playing her piano. Vickie also enjoys being an amateur photographer, making jewelry, and spending time in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. You can connect with Vickie at Facebook.com/V.L.Gardner, Instagram.com/vlgardner60, or twitter.com/vlgardner60. For more information about Vickie and her books, visit www.vickielgardner.com.