Description: "Set in Texas during the 1870s and in the 1930s at the height of the Dust Bowl, Dust Covered Lies tells the story of Frances Abbott, or Frannie, an orphaned immigrant who faces a terrible choice that will haunt her the rest of her life. Frannie is a teenage champion markswoman when she and her autistic and artistically gifted brother, Juan Esteban, set off on a scientific hunting expedition on the Colorado River led by a dangerous con man who claims to be a French zoologist. When a murder is committed and Juan Esteban's life is in danger, Frannie lies to protect him. Determined to take her secret to the grave, Frannie and her brother flee to the dust-covered Texas panhandle to escape the one person who could reveal the truth about their past"--
Brief description: Catherine O'Connor is a writer and landscape architect. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Duke University and a Master's in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. A native Texan and Austinite, she is the founding principal of Co'design, LLC and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas School of Architecture. Catherine lives in her hometown with her husband Jim, and they are proud parents of Claire and Patrick.