The 1733 Plate Fleet: Disaster and Discovery
In The Lost Light, Sophie, Dylan, and Talia descend into the waters of the Florida Keys in search of the wreck of the Mourning Star—and the legendary object it carried,…
Real Facts about the florida Keys
Discovering the Deep: A Beginner’s Guide to Scuba Diving
In The Lost Light, Sophie completes her Open Water Diver certification and discovers an entirely new world beneath the surface. Scuba diving is an important part of life throughout the…
Shadows of the Estuary: Calusa Religion, Animal Spirits, and the inspiration for the Kindred
How the Calusa understanding of soul, animal life, ritual, and power helped shape one of the core ideas behind Rising Tides Mysteries. Author's note One of the ideas behind the…
How the Keys were formed
The Florida Keys may look like a string of sunlit islands, but beneath the roads, mangroves, and marinas lies a much older story, one shaped by coral reefs, oolitic shoals,…