Margaret Hontos
Author
Born to a sailor, Margaret Hontos spent her childhood on the Chesapeake Bay. Dropping out of school at 16, she lived the life of a wandering minstrel until economics and biology caught up with her. She returned to school and earned a PhD in music at UCLA while raising three wild and wonderful children. During her career as a music professor at Santa Barbara City College, she wrote two online textbooks. After her retirement in 2019, she embarked on the greatest adventure of all—writing fiction. Since then, she has written six novels, one of which, Wave Dancing, was a Book Life quarter-finalist. She lives in Central California with her husband and intrepid Australian Shepherd, Lyra.
Wave Dancing
Released August, 2021
A Book Life Prize Quarter Finalist!
Praise for Wave Dancing
Margaret Hontos crafts a euphoric and touching exploration of learning to find the beauty in life again, which will leave your heart full...Ceri Jones
Hontos offers a highly original premise. The focus on animal life and the solace to be found from helping another, provides a memorable and inspiring story. This is an engaging work full of notable, sympathetic, and distinctive characters that will captivate and move readers...Book Life
"Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation."