Congratulations to Jennifer Paddock, who has been selected to receive the Alabama State Council on the Arts fellowship. According to the Alabama Writers’ Forum newsletter, “Paddock will use her Fellowship to complete her third novel, connecting it with her first novel, A Secret Word. This third novel will also tie in with her second novel, Point Clear, making a trilogy. When doing research on her books for the character of Leigh and the continuing storyline, Paddock learned of her Cherokee lineage. For additional research, she plans to visit the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to bring this storyline forward.”

I can’t wait to see Paddock’s follow-up to her beautiful novel, Point Clear, which is set just a stone’s throw hometown of Mobile, Alabama.