Patricia Linson, a retired teacher, lives with her husband, Irv, in Minnesota. Through her Manitoba relatives, she keeps in touch with her Canadian prairie roots. Although Patricia has published short stories about family members in Kindred Spirit and The Senior Paper, A Boy Called Allis is her debut novel, the first of the three-book series, Allister of Turtle Mountain. In the prairie winds are Book II: Hope for Allis and Book III: Becoming Bob. They should be available soon.