Irene O’Garden
Professional endorsements for Stay Out of That Room
“I so enjoyed this book! In sharp detail (Pez dispensers! Hydrox!) Bills brings to life the bygone world in which many of us came of age. She writes with rich emotional imagination and a grinning way with similes (“earrings dangled like bait on a hook.”) Cindy, her sweet-tart narrator, trembles (literally) on the brink of womanhood, trying to navigate Catholicism, cake and curious cute boys. As Cindy might say, “Park your keester!” and enjoy an entertaining and evocative read!”
Irene O’Garden– Off-Broadway playwright, poet, author and transplanted Midwesterner
Clare Bills
Clare Bills is a Minnesota author with three published novels. She holds an MS in journalism, three BA degrees and is a graduate of Brown Institute for broadcasting. She worked in radio, public relations while also teaching at Iowa State University. She's also completed courses in writing from the Institute of Children's Literature, and novel writing from Jerry Jenkins, Susie May Warren, and James Scott Bell.