About the Author

Tonya Holmes Shook was born in Oklahoma and lived in New Mexico and Texas before returning to Oklahoma in 1985. She is the author of Displaced Cherokee: Come Home, Come Home, a book documentary that took First Place in an Open Class Category at the 1986 Oklahoma State Fair and endorsed by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. In addition to writing, much of her work has Christian themes, Tonya is an accomplished artist and the Director of Book Festivals taken from new inovative concepts being community/author friendly.