Katherine Holmes has released a new book, Josiah’s Apple Orchard.

“Besides music, Vivvy loves green apples. She and her brother Matt go on morning apple raids until, one fall, their father drives them to a pick-your-own orchard. The cross old Josiah inhabits another time where pixies might appear like uprooted saplings. In the early, eventful 1960s, Vivvy takes the flute from Mr. Fortray, a band teacher who plays jazz. Detours confuse another apple picking trip and Josiah is angry about progress. Yet if Vivvy wants to do what she loves, she must think beyond a fear that her father and Josiah share.”

A native of Minnesota, Katherine L. Holmes holds an M.A. in Writing from the University of Minnesota. Her first published book, The House in Windward Leaves, placed as Finalist in both the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the National Indie Excellence Book Awards.  Her middle grade novel, The Wide Awake Loons, was published in 2013 by Silver Knight Publishing, LLC and placed as Finalist in the 2014 Next Generation Book Awards.  A short story collection, Curiosity Killed the Sphinx and Other Stories, was published in 2012 by Hollywood Books International. More information is available at her website.