M. K. Eddleman

M.K. Eddleman is a mother-daughter team who collaborated on Invisible Injuries and A Call to Courage (with Sheryl Williams). The M stands for Martha and K stands for Katherine (Katie). They wrote their books via email as Martha lives in California, and Katie lives in Arizona. Martha would write a chapter, Katie would add, subtract, embellish, or suggest how to change or improve, and then send the chapter back. They would discuss plot and character arcs over the phone, then return to their computers to put their thoughts into words. This was not always easy for Katie as she was a full-time middle school science teacher, a mother of two young adults and wife. She has since retired. Martha, on the other hand, is already retired and was able to write an hour or two every day. The back and forth took at least a year for each book, but they had great fun doing it.

Katie has often asked, “How many times do I have to reinvent myself?” She agrees the answer for all of us is, “As many times as necessary.” First, she graduated from with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater. Soon, discovering her passion included children, she pursued a teaching certificate, earning a Master of Education degree from University of Phoenix. As she taught, she fell in love with Science and earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Arizona. She taught 7th and 8th grade science for ten years. Post retirement, Katie now spends her time writing novels, editing other writers and advocating for dog welfare by volunteering at the Pima County Animal Care Center and co-chairing the Tucson Action Team Spay Neuter committee.

Martha's path to “As many times as necessary” was not too different. A teen in the 50s, Martha went to college to earn a Mrs. degree. Martha attended University of Pacific graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in United States history and English literature. She chose teaching as her career, but marriage to a career military man and the children who soon followed, diverted her path for twenty-two years. The next 20 years of her life were devoted to teaching English and Social Sciences at the high school level. She loved her new identity - not someone’s wife or someone’s mother. She was a facilitator of student learning, creating an engaging environment where her students thrived. However, cancer abruptly stopped her career, changing the course of her life. What to do? She became a dilettante in the arts – writing novels, making art, playing Bridge and following the Giants.

For A Call to Courage, M.K. Eddleman collaborated with Sheryl Williams to write a novel about the civil rights movement in 1967. Using the same process of writing and emailing, Sheryl gave daily feedback regarding the authenticity of cultural issues and suggestions for story line. Her input was invaluable.

Sheryl Williams graduated from University of D.C. where she earned an Associate Degree in Health and Sciences. She worked as a mortician for several years and then for the United States Postal Service for 38 years. Retiring in 2003, she moved from Washington D.C to DeLand, Florida, where she now resides, plays viola with the Orange City Orchestra and raises chickens.

M.K. Eddleman are releasing thier new book, Tangled Threads, on October 19th, 2024.

Tangled Threads

September 5, 1755, Grand Pré, Acadia. British treachery destroys the comfortable, hardworking life of Marie Breaux and her family. An officer in his majesty’s army orders all men, including Marie’s husband, to gather in the village church. The Great Expulsion of 1755 is underway.

Marie, her sister-in-law Elizabeth and nephew Paul find themselves captives aboard the prison ship Elizabeth, suffering unimaginable horrors. They survive when Elizabeth becomes the ship’s captain’s wench.

A hurricane forces the ship to take refuge in Boston harbor where Marie and Paul are off-loaded and separated. Ironically, a disastrous earthquake changes their luck to a future of hope.

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