Lorene HooverLorene Hoover is a fiction writer, essayist, playwright, and poet. Her work has appeared in THEMA Literary Journal, Rosebud Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The Des Moines Register, and in the anthology Grandparents Cry Twice: Help for Bereave Grandparents, among other publications. She grew up near Centerville, Iowa, and currently lives in Ames and winters in Fountain Hills, Arizona. She enjoys book groups, leisurely walks, ice cream, a working television, a good view out her window, and music. Milk Without Honey is her first novel. Read More Read Less