Aurora of North Manitou Island (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780923048815)

Donna Winters adopted Michigan as her home state in 1971 when she moved from a small town outside of Rochester, New York. She began penning novels in 1982 while working full time for an electronics firm in Grand Rapids. She resigned from her job in 1984 following a contract offer for her first book. Since then, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Zondervan Publishing House, Guideposts, Chalfont House, and Bigwater Publishing LLC have published her novels. Her husband, Fred, a former American History teacher, shares her enthusiasm for history. Together, they visit historical sites, restored villages, museums, and lake ports purchasing books and reference materials for use in Donna's research. When Donna was researching the story of Aurora, she and her husband embarked on their first wilderness camping trip to North Manitou Island in the summer of 1992. They pitched their tent two miles from the former lighthouse grounds and ventured out each day with camera, notebook, and pen, to visit the settings described in this book. Donna has lived all of her life in states bordering on the Great Lakes. Her familiarity and fascination with these remarkable inland waters and her residence in the heart of Great Lakes Country make her the perfect candidate for writing Great Lakes Romances(c).