Ghost Girl (22 page)

Students with Lou Henry Hoover on the schoolhouse steps, in 1930. Miss Vest sits at the far left.

D
ELIA
R
AY
's novel
Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story
has been nominated on state lists in Oklahoma, Kansas, South Carolina, Missouri, Indiana, and New Hampshire. Ms. Ray is also the author of three young-adult nonfiction books about American history. Her latest novel,
Singing Hands
, is based on her mother's experiences growing up as a hearing child with deaf parents. Ms. Ray lives with her family in Iowa City, Iowa.