Viola ShipmanViola Shipman is the pen name of Wade Rouse, the USA Today bestselling author of thirteen books, including The Secret of Snow and The Clover Girls. Rouse chose his grandma's name, Viola Shipman, as a pseudoym to honor the woman whose heirlooms inspire his fiction. He lives in Michigan and California, and hosts Wine & Words with Wade, a literary happy hour, every Thursday. Read More Read Less