Salutations. Step right in! (Don’t mind the alligator.) Joni’s Imagination Zone is open for tours. You’ll find the doorways above; just click and snoop.

What’s that? Why do I write stories? I believe that if intuition is the sixth sense, then our imaginations are the seventh, tuned to the whisper of the Divine. Imagination is a way to glimpse realities and connect with truths beyond the reach of our senses — just as books are a way to experience adventures we’d never otherwise enjoy. For me, the I-Zone in my book Reality Leak is not make-believe, and I love to hang out there.

You can come, too! Wander around. Take care not to bang your sillybone on the door frame. (You need your sillybone, take care of it.) And thanks for finding me!

  
 




Now available from Bloomsbury

When 12-year-old Ariel stumbles on a mysterious dart in the woods, she's soon swept on a perilous journey with little more than a kidnapper and a ghost to guide her. Only by trusting her instincts can she solve a dangerous riddle from the past to reveal a legendary treasure — and a startling truth.

Kirkus called this book, "Absorbing," with "crisp dialogue, an exciting plot, and strong secondary characters."


A Junior Library Guild Selection
Available from Henry Holt

A would-be monk in a 10th century Celtic abbey teams up with an alluring young wood-witch to escape raiders and plumb the divinity of supernatural experiences, including love.

ALAN described this book as "compelling and powerfully written," while School Library Journal called it "a great read."


Available from Henry Holt

When 11-year-old Bryan starts to get mail through the toaster, he has to find — and fix — a crack in reality that has started to leak.

One reader called it "zany, crazy fun... a blast to read."