![]() ![]() “Not that I really expect anyone to try to track down vampires in Brockport if I use a real street, but just to be safe,” she explained. The books are so popular that in 2002 the three title characters were immortalized in bronze, and have been standing in front of the Fairport Public Library ever since.Ĭompanions of the Night, for example, is a vampire story set in Brockport, but you won’t find any streets you recognize. Walsh is especially well known for her series of Mouse books (including Mouse Paint and Mouse Count). ![]() Mary Jane authors the books and Herm - a former graphic artist, editorial cartoonist and digital artist for the Democrat and Chronicle - helps with the illustrations.įairport residents are probably already familiar with their hometown author, Ellen Stoll Walsh. Mary Jane and Herm have also collaborated on 14 children’s picture books. The first of those books, Journey to Nowhere, is currently part of the fourth-grade curriculum in several dozen schools across the state. One series features a 13-year-old girl who travels by covered wagon from her Connecticut farm to the western New York wilderness. ![]() Mary Jane Auch, who lives in Ontario with her husband, Herm, has written several historical novels that take place in and around Rochester. ![]()
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