Auntie Akamai by Rosalie Spielman

Aloha! I’m Auntie Akamai from Aloha Lagoon. I live with my sweetums, Paulie, my African Grey parrot, in a cute little bungalow by the sea. So, you want to know about my day? Well, I get up before the sun to make sandwiches for the excursions for my brother’s dive...

Inspector Michael Corravan by Karen Odden

That rainy morning in March of 1878, as I climbed out of a hansom cab near the stone arch that opens onto Scotland Yard, a passerby spat at me. “Liars and cheats, all o’ ye,” he hissed. “Better off at the bottom of the bloody Thames.” I bit the inside of my cheek to...

Angela Vecchio by Allison Brook

Hello, there! So nice to meet you. If I come across as agitated it’s ’cause I am. I am super anxious because my wedding is in two weeks. I’m not worried about being married. I love Steve and he loves me. I’ve been looking forward to my wedding...

Trevor Finnegan by Aaron Philip Clark

My name is Trevor Finnegan. Some people call me Finn. I’m a Robbery-Homicide Detective I (first grade) with the Los Angeles Police Department. Being a detective in RHD is one of the most coveted jobs in the LAPD, and as a young black man, it wasn’t easy getting...

Ellice Littlejohn by Wanda M. Morris

Hello. Thank you for having me on dru’s book musings. My name is Ellice Littlejohn. I’m the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Houghton Transportation in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m responsible for overseeing the company’s legal matters as well as...

Cloris McWerther by Lois Winston

My name is Cloris McWerther. I’m the food editor at American Woman, the women’s magazine where crafts editor Anastasia Pollack and I both work. I also keep Anastasia supplied with sweets because Anastasia’s life is such that she always needs a sugar rush, along with...