No mention of the author being published anywhere--none that I can find at least. I looked at the LDS site last night and didn't find the woman's name, not in the "free" section, at least. Moira Kearney is the name of the author (according to the title page), but then the first person narrator (Christina Parker Ross) of the story says it isn't fiction at all, and "her children" are her other books, etc. That's why I'm baffled. I assume this is a work of fiction written by Moira Kearney, but if she had actual children then that may have been her married name. The story takes place in the U.S., but in 3-4 places in the manuscript she uses British phrasing ("in hospital" instead of "in the hospital" and so on). So would I check in the U.K. as well?

There was no other paperwork (birth, death certificates and such) found with the manuscript, but the antique furniture she owned was the kind you don't just walk away from. Something happened to her, and the general feeling was that she had died.

Good suggestions. And yes, I enjoyed the novel. Good characterization and interesting story. Writing was precise and grammar was good, but then compared to mine, most is.

Been a while since a new Shakespeare's turned up. I'll see what else I have stored away.