Lukas and me at Restless Pines
I started writing stories, reading books, and riding horses around the age of five, and they are still my passions today. I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but now I live in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with my husband Adrian, our husky-collie mix Niska, and a ridiculously fluffy cat called Nico. I ride at Restless Pines Farm in Hammonds Plains, and the rest of the time I’m hard at work writing my next story. Except for those precious hours I grab to curl up on the couch and read a good book!
VIVIEN GORHAM, AUTHOR 
Hi Vivien! It’s nice to “meet” you. Your book sounds lovely. I’m curious to know what age range it’s for?
Also, I have to tell you that I have a very good friend named Niska – you don’t see that name around very often!
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Hi Naomi, nice to meet you too! Touch of Gold is for middle-grade readers: 9 or 10 to 13 or 14 (the main character is 13). Yes, Niska is a Cree word, with several meanings, and our dog is from a Cree community in northern Quebec. Also, it’s the name of a character in Joseph Boyden’s novel, Three Day Road. (Another favorite author of mine.) By the way, one of the characters in my book is called Naomi! 🙂
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A lot name coincidences here! I was forgetting about Niska in Three Day Road – I also love Joseph Boyden’s books.
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