About Mary Elizabeth Fricke

I am a published author who also works in partnership (owner/operator)with my husband on our family farm. The farm itself has belonged to and consecutively farmed by my husband's family for over 100 years. We have two grown (married) sons and two grandchildren.

I've had a number of articles and poems published in national magazines or the internet over the years. I've worked as a freelance writer publishing a wide variety of subjects--from historical and religious topics to sales descriptions and personal-feature writing, some poetry and my autobiography.

Dino Godzilla and the Pigs (My Life on our Missouri Hog Farm) was published in 1993 by SoHo Press. It is a serious recounting of our life during the years we were raising our sons and managing a productive 200 sow hog operation. These days, life is a bit different as our sons no longer live on the farm and we now raise Angus cattle instead of hogs.

I have also been a member of the Heartland Writers Guild since before 'Dino' was published and served as newsletter editor of the Guild's monthly newsletter, The Heartland Journal, from 2002 thru 2015.

2008 thru 2013 I contributed weekly articles to http://www.7Score10.com a website devoted to recounting day by day occurrences of the Civil War. and also wrote articles for the newsletter of http://www.patriotic-jewelry.com.

My Romantic Suspense Fiction E-novel PIGEON IN A SNARE was officially released By AKW e-books on May 16, 2014. AKW also released ROSES FOR THE SPARROW on Oct. 3, 2014.

#3 of the Birds in Peril Series "PLIGHT OF THE WREN was officially released Aug. 15, 2015 under 'mefOriginals'. #4 "Robin Unaware" was officially released Jan. 1, 2016

The fall of 2017 I published The Sweet Pea Trilogy. The Demise of Innocence: Sweet Pea I, Sept.3,2017. Time to Deceive: Sweet Pea II, published October 2017 and The Price of Passion, Sweet Pea III, published November 30, 2017.

I took a short breather over the holidays and decided the Sweet Pea story really should be under one cover so I published all three books of the trilogy as a gift set (for Valentines Day) in Feb. 2018.

As of Dec. 16, 2018 the Sweet Pea Trilogy is also available in paperback.

Next, I plan to continue work on the Birds in Peril Series. # 5Wise, Bold Eagle and #6 Blue Bird of Happiness will be published in the near future