News & Features: Shelley Shepard Gray

"I have to say that these characters really spoke to me. Because they felt so 'real' to me, I kept challenging myself to make them seem like real people to my readers."

Shelley Shepard Gray's Found (Avon Inspire) seriously ups the storytelling ante as a quiet Amish community must deal with the repercussions of a recently solved murder.

Absolutely taken with the beauty of the Amish settlement she spotted while reading a Kentucky travel magazine, author Shelly Shepard Gray knew she had to write about it.

"I like to write stories about people who have a strong faith, a quieter way of life, but aren't perfect.'