Connie Hertzberg Mayo

Connie Hertzberg Mayo finally felt old enough in her forties that she thought she had something to say in a novel. During the years it took to find the time to write this book, her family made up the adjective "hoop-and-stick" (referencing the turn of the century children's toy) to describe her penchant for simple things of the past, particularly that have no technology component (as in, "Mom likes chess because it's so hoop-and-stick"). She fully recognizes the irony of this, given that she wrote this novel on her laptop.

She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two children, two cats and her heirloom tomato garden.

The Island of Worthy Boys is a 2015 USA Best Book Awards Finalist, and a 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist.

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