Ellen Craft Travels in Time
On Martin Luther King Day, actress Jennifer Goran had the crowd mesmerized as she portrayed Ellen...
Ellen’s Disguise
Jennifer Goran, a Champaign actress, did her first presentation this past week as Ellen Craft, the...
Mr. Lincoln’s Beard
You can thank an 11-year-old girl for Abraham Lincoln's beard. In October of 1860, a few weeks...
The Strange Worlds of Ellen and Eliza
Take a good look at the two women pictured here. They were half-sisters, but they lived in two...
Vanishing Woman Out on Kindle
The Vanishing Woman is now available on Kindle. The novel is based on the true story of Ellen...
Meet the Vanishing Woman–in Real Life
When actress Jennifer Goran showed me a picture of her mother, I was immediately struck by the...
Crossing the Jordan–in Ohio
To many abolitionists, the Ohio River was the North's Jordan River, providing access to the...
The Vanishing Woman: Available Now!
The Museum That Changed My Life
In a little over a week, I will be returning to the museum that altered my writing career and led...