News

There is a lot of great news about Margaret's book, "Brutal Silence".  Read some of the articles below:

Who's Talking Interview with DG Martin

December 05, 2017
Listen to Margaret's interview on Who's Talking. 

Michele Berger Interview

August 07, 2017

I am thrilled with the interview that Michele Berger just posted on her The Practice of Creativity Blog.


Friends and supporters braved tornado warnings to attend a book signing for Brutal Silence

May 25, 2017
Friends and supporters braved tornado warnings to attend a book signing for Brutal Silence 

Featured on Southern Literary Review

May 22, 2017
"Brutal Silence" was reviewed in Southern Literary Review - A Magazine for Literature of the American South.

The Durham Herald Sun published a review of Brutal Silence

May 22, 2017
The Durham Herals Sun published a review of Brutal Silence.

WCHL Interview

May 22, 2017
In a recent radio broadcast on WCHL interviewer, Jean Bolduc, and I talked about human trafficking...

"Brutal Silence" featured in the N&O

May 02, 2017
The News & Observer of Raleigh did a Book Beat feature on Margaret's book "Brutal Silence" 

Great Books Inspire Great Readers

January 05, 2015
My six-year-old granddaughter recently shared her thoughts about the “Magic Tree House” series in an article about Mary Pope Osborne in the Carolina Alumni Review. Beth McNichol, the article’s author, begins, “If Lea Dardess could get a meeting with Mary Pope Osborne ('72), the two might make literary magic together.

An Understanding Heart

December 29, 2014
My mother often said that we are truly fortunate if we encounter one gifted teacher in a lifetime. I have been especially blessed to know many, and none has meant more to me than Jean Lutz, my fourth grade teacher, who died recently at the respectable age of ninety-nine having taught her students to love learning and do great things.