Deborah Ballou is a fifty-something wife, mother of two, former English teacher, current guest teacher, full-time writer and perpetual student. Her other books, Yeshua Wept, The Hi...ver másDeborah Ballou is a fifty-something wife, mother of two, former English teacher, current guest teacher, full-time writer and perpetual student. Her other books, Yeshua Wept, The Highwayman, and The May Queen reveal her diverse interests both in setting and subject matter. Her love of poetry links the latter books and Hunter's Hill. “They are my Poetry-in-Motion novels, although I didn't think to call them that until after The Highwayman was published. Alfred Noyes' wonderful poem inspired that book, Alfred Lord Tennyson's The May Queen served as a back drop for my The May Queen, and now Hunter's Hill draws on various pre-twentieth century poems to add depth to the lives of my pre-twentieth century characters. I have always found poems to be such lovely friends.” Ms. Ballou is currently at work on two other novels.ver menos