June Kelley Pierce is a retired Special Education teacher with a Master’s Degree in both
Education and Special Education. She also has as an Undergraduate Degree in Sociology and
P...view moreJune Kelley Pierce is a retired Special Education teacher with a Master’s Degree in both
Education and Special Education. She also has as an Undergraduate Degree in Sociology and
Psychology. A native of Northern New York, Pierce has made her home in the Mid-Hudson
Valley. This is Pierce’s fi fth novel. She has four others to her credit—her fi rst book, Keeping
Secrets, its sequel, Restitution, Misunderstood and Neglected Cries. In 2019, Pierce published
her fi rst book of poetry, Painful Truths: A Memoir in Verse. Two years later, Pierce published
her fi rst book of short stories, If Only, a combined eff ort with her brother, Bill Kelley. She
has also published a series of seven books for children, each focusing on a diff erent social
skill, along with a life-skills guide for parents and teachers on the topic of bullying. Pierce
is a folk artist and restorer and has worked in the Hudson Valley for the past forty years.
William Kelley is an ex-Navy Machinist Mate and a Vietnam Veteran who has held a lifetime
of technical jobs. A native of Northern New York, he taught Health Physics and Nuclear Safety
at a utility company for 33 years. Bill is a certifi ed building Biology inspector and consultant
with a degree in Nuclear Health Physics-- and may someday fi nish his degree in Architecture.
He has a fascination with the space program and is still upset that NASA stopped launches
before he could become an Astronaut.
(If any commercial launch companies need any help, he’s ready to go).
Bill is retired and lives with his wife, Debbie, and their pets in Virginia Beach. Writing is
now his full-time job. This is Bill’s second book of short stories that he has co-authored
with his sister, June.view less