Ballard, Mignon

Mignon Ballard writes the Miss Dimple Kilpatrick Mystery Series which started in 2010 and takes place in Georgia. It features revered first grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, during the years of World War II in the small town of Elderberry Georgia. You will meet young teachers, Charlie Carr and her friend, Annie Gardner, along with residents of Phoebe Fenwick’s boarding house and other quirky citizens of Elderberry. Mignon Ballard also wrote 7 books in the popular Augusta Goodnight Mysteries. Mignon Ballard is the author of six other mysteries for adults and an award-winning mystery for young readers, AUNT MATILDA'S GHOST. Her only mainstream novel, THE WAR IN SALLIE'S STATION, was published by Five Star/Thorndike in 2001. An inspirational Christmas fantasy, THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE, was released by Bella Rosa Books in 2007.