View From the Writing Desk: An Author’s Year 2025

Hello, dear readers, I hope your new year is off to a spectacular start! If you’re new to my site, I’m Heather Morris (not the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, not THAT Heather Morris, that’s another writing story for another day) and I write a little bit of everything. Fiction, nonfiction, children’s, adult, but… Read more »

View From the Writing Desk: An Author’s Year 2024

Hello, dear readers, I hope your new year is off to a spectacular start! If you’re new to my site, I’m Heather Morris (not the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, not THAT Heather Morris, that’s another writing story for another day) and I write a little bit of everything. Fiction, nonfiction, children’s, adult, but… Read more »

One Week Until Trunk Goes Thunk!

Fall is my favorite season – the colors, the smells, the crisp air. Which is why I was thrilled when my publisher told me that my debut picture book – Trunk Goes Thunk! – would be part of their Fall 2024 list! And also why I set my story, White Thing, part of the The… Read more »

Spooky Stories and More Book News!

Last month kicked off what promises to be a flurry of book and science related activity. Our family traveled to see the full solar eclipse, which may be the only time the five of us will be able to experience totality together. Hopefully not, but when your kids are 15, 13, and 9, parents are… Read more »