About The Author
Shelley By The Numbers...Revised!
25 = Number of Books Sold!
24 = We moved to Flower Mound, Texas when I was 24.
23 = Age I got married.
22 = Number of Snow Village Houses I have. (I know! Too many, but I love them!)
21 = Age I was the first year I taught fifth grade. (Boy that seems young now!).
20 = This summer, I'll celebrate my 20th Anniversary.
19 = I was nineteen when I went with my mom to Hawaii.
18 = The Kids' Everything Spelling Book, my one and only non-fiction book, is my 18th book to hit the shelves.
17 = Age of my son.
16 = My daughter is now 16 and driving!
15 = The year I started driving. : )
14 = Starting at age 14, I was a Memorial Markette in high school..that's a drill team, y'all.
13 = Number of writers' conferences I've attended.
12 = Our sweet beagle is now twelve.
11 = When I was 11, I got my hair caught in the electric mixer and we had to cut a big chunk of it off!
10 = We've now lived in Ohio for ten years.
9 = I've now sold Nine Harlequin American Romances.
8 = Somehow I've been on 8 Cruises.
7 = There’s 7 books in my Finding Love in Payton
series for Avalon Books.
6 = My First Harlequin, Cinderella Christmas,
was #6 on the Waldenbooks Bestseller List.
5 = The Mommy Bride is my 5th Harlequin American to be published.
4 = Simple Gifts, A Small-Town Girl and The Mommy Bride
have all received 4 star reviews!
3 = I have been writing a 3 book inspirational series for Avon Inspire
as Shelley Shepard Gray.
2 = I have two kids, Arthur and Lesley.
1 = Simple Gifts was RT Magazine’s #1 Harlequin
American for 2006.

Phoebe the beagle
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