Velda Brotherton has written for 35 years and turned out that many novels plus 15 published short stories and six nonfiction books.<br><br>She lives in the Arkansas Ozarks where she continues to write every day while enjoying wildlife and the surrounding mountains.<br><br>She has three children, three grandchildren, and two great grandsons.<br><br>At 84 she has no plans to retire and is currently working on several books. When I quit," she says, "it will be with my still fingers resting on the keyboard."<br><br>