Writers and Dinosaurs: Heather Hepler

Heather Hepler and pachycephalosaur, American Museum of Natural History

Heather Hepler is the author of several books for teens and tweens including, most recently, THE CUPCAKE QUEEN, a Fall 2009 Indie Pick.

Her other books, co-written with Brad Barkley, include SCRAMBLED EGGS AT MIDNIGHT, DREAM FACTORY, and JAR OF AIR.

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, she went to high school in Texas and college in Alaska. She now lives in Tyler, Texas.

SCRAMBLED EGGS AT MIDNIGHT

SCRAMBLED EGGS AT MIDNIGHT, by Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler (Dutton 2006)(Ages 12+)

Calliope is tired of being dragged by her mother cross-country from Renaissance Faire (don't forget the "e") after Renaissance Faire. Eliot longs for the day when his father used to sell swimming pools -- before he "found God," and subsequently founded the fat camp for Christian kids ("What would Jesus eat?"), thereby also discovering financial success. When Cal and Eliot meet, there's instantly chemsitry -- literally and figuratively. Do they have a future? Or will Eliot's father and Cal's mother (and her jouster boyfriend) tear them apart?

SCRAMBLED EGGS is a romantic comedy with an almost classic feel. Cal and Eliot feel like people you know even as they face unusual, even surreal, circumstances with humor and aplomb.