Shirley McLain
Enjoying my retirement from Nursing, after 33 years, is my main goal right now. I
live outside Sapulpa Oklahoma with my husband, Lee and our six dogs and one cat. It’s like having a house full of three year olds. Never a dull moment.
I’ve several publications, My first book, “Crimes and Retribution” is a juvenile mystery, based in Oklahoma, but takes you around the world. I have published an ebook of short stories of different genres called “Shirley’s Shorts and Flashes.” I also published a short ebook of
Christian Poetry called “Verses For My King.
My latest is called "Thomas Gomel Learns about Bullying". It is a fictional story that follows a young boy from his first day of school being bullied until he and his family worked a plan to save Th
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