Theresa VerboortTheresa Verboort was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, and grew up in the southwestern coast during the fifties. She worked in forest fire lookouts in the summers to earn her way through college to achieve a bachelor of arts in English. Her first novel, The ommuning Tree, inspired by the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of Oregon, won the prestigious WILLA Literary Award for best young adult fiction of 2019.A Sapling Grows continues the story. Read More Read Less