Emily Devenport has written several novels under various pseudonyms (e.g., Maggy Thomas and Lee Hogan) including one which was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick award. She lives in Arizona where she enjoys hiking, gardening, rockhounding, studying geology, and writing. She volunteers at the Botanical Garden in Phoenix, and is the buyer at the Heard Museum book store.
Spirits of Glory by Emily Devenport
Recently, author Emily Devenport approached me with a request to review her young adult novel Spirits of Glory. I was not familiar with Devenport, but a quick search told me she has published several novels under three different pen names, one of which earned her a Philip K. Dick Award nomination. Spirits of Glory (2010) is self-published, and I tend to avoid such books after a number of negative experiences. Given Devenport’s resume, however, I wasn’t too worried I’d end up with a poorly written piece of fiction,
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