Nell is a former elementary school librarian and the daughter of both a World War II paratrooper and a real-life Rosie the Riveter. So when her love of books meets her love of history, you mix it all up with a heart for adventure. Her middle-grade series Heroes on the Home Front Mysteries for ages eight to 12 was born.

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