![]() Hart and Jack Bickham in the OU Creative Writing Program. JoAnna/Eve earned a degree in journalism at the University of Oklahoma and also studied with Carolyn G. So that’s how JoAnna/Eve became a regional author in two widely separated regions. The “Chocoholic Mysteries” were on their way.Įve’s editor requested that she use a pen name for the new series, and Eve picked the middle names of her three children, Betsy Jo, Ruth Anna, and John Carl. Most small towns couldn’t support a business like this, but the resorts of West Michigan – with their wealthy “summer people” – can. So when her editor asked her to come up with a new, “cozy” mystery series, Eve set it in a West Michigan resort town, scrambling up Saugatuck, Douglas, South Haven, Holland, Manistee, Ludington and Muskegon with her own ideas of what a resort ought to be to create Warner Pier.Īs further background, she plunked her heroine into a business which produces and sells luscious, luxurious, European-style bonbons, truffles and molded chocolates. The area features gorgeous beaches, lush orchards, thick woods, and beautiful Victorian houses. Every summer for more than forty years she, her husband and various combinations of children and grandchildren have trekked to the community of Pier Cove for vacations that lasted from two weeks to three months. Eve even knows the second verse of “Boomer Sooner.”Įve wrote two mystery series: the “Down Home” books, set on a ranch in Southwest Oklahoma, and the Nell Matthews mysteries, semi-hard-boiled books laid in a mid-size city on the Southern Plains.īut Eve married a great guy whose family owned a cottage on the west coast of Lake Michigan, not far from the Michigan towns of Fennville, Saugatuck, and Douglas. Eve and seven other members of her immediate family are graduates of the University of Oklahoma. ![]() ![]() One grandmother was born in the Choctaw Nation, and Eve is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Both her grandfathers and her father were in the oil business, once the backbone of Oklahoma’s economy. Sandstrom is an Oklahoman to the teeth: she was born there, as were five previous generations of her mother’s family. The author writes about the shores of Lake Michigan and has been reviewed in Michigan newspapers as a “regional writer.” She has also written about Southwest Oklahoma and once won an award for the best book of the year with an Oklahoma setting.Įve K. I don't think you can reserve ahead without showing up in person, but I may be wrong about that.JOANNA CARL is the pseudonym for the multi-published mystery writer Eve K. I got there a little after 11 and my tour was at 1. Shout out to Alecia and CJ for making it a wonderful experience.īe aware that since this is the policy, you might not get a tour until later in the day. Since I was alone I got a tour of my very own! This was amazing, and I got to ask a lot of questions, which the guides were very patient about answering. Next door, the Hume home is a bit more practical (they had 7 children) but still gorgeous.ĭuring Covid, they are committed to only have tours with same-family members, so that strangers don't share germs with each other. It's interesting to see how the restoration has occurred over time - a few areas of wall are left unrestored so you can see how they repaired the plaster and applied the stenciling. The architectural detail in the Hackley home in particular is astonishing, especially all the woodwork. Lovely historic homes, and a very interesting tour. Both houses are well worth the time to visit and enjoy! His partner Thomas Hume built his in a less pretentious style for his family of 9. The Charles Hackley story is quite amazing, so this was a great starting point to learn about his legacy. The fireplaces, windows, woodwork, and wallpaper are all amazing. It was just the two of us, wearing masks as did our tour guide Mackenzie.She was knowledgeable and able to answer a variety of questions as we made our way through the two houses. ![]() So we bought our tickets, and shared our phone number (in case they needed to contact us if there is a COVID occurrence at the site). Impressive and beautiful to see these side-by-side houses with their shared barn! Built in the Queen Anne Style in the late 1880s, these houses feature turrets and gables and windows of all shapes, some with stained glass, and spindles and beautiful colors. ![]() Our first visit to Muskegon so we were walking the Hackley Heritage Trail and came upon the Hackley-Hume houses and had to stop. ![]()
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