Marie LaPres

Erica "Marie LaPres" Emelander is a middle school social studies/religion teacher and lives in Grand Rapids, MI. Erica has always enjoyed reading and writing, and with her love of history and God, she has incorporated all four loves into her writing. Erica has finished a Historical Fiction Civil-War Era book series, the Turner Daughters, and is currently working on a time-travel series involving the Mackinac Straits area. When not working on and researching her books, Erica can be found coaching middle and high school sports, being a youth minister, and spending time with her friends and family, especially her beloved nieces and nephews.