Carla Killough McClafferty

AUTHOR OF BIOGRAPHY-PLUS NONFICTION BOOKS

Selected Works

Books for young readers
In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry
This book reveals a little known story of an American Holocaust rescuer who helped refugees out of France in 1940-41.
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium
This biography of Marie Curie reveals the woman as well as the scientist. It also describes what the world at large did with her discoery, radium.
The Head Bone's Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky and Wonderful X-ray
With an engaging text and numerous historical photographs, this book tells about the X-ray from its discovery to its uses today in art, archeology, science, industry and more.
Inspirational
Forgiving God: A Woman's Struggle to Understand When God Answers No
This beautifully told story of triumph over tragedy reveals a Mother's spiritual and emotional journey back to God after losing her son to accidental injuries.

Biography

Carla Killough McClafferty

Carla Killough McClafferty grew up in the small farming community of Tomberlin, Arkansas, where her parents farmed rice and soybeans. Many long, lazy days of her childhood were spent under the outstretched arms of a giant pecan tree. Her elementary school didn't have a library, using instead bookshelves under the windows that filled one wall of the classroom. She says, "To this day, libraries fill me with awe and appreciation."

After high school, she graduated from Baptist Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology, and worked in local hospitals and clinics. She and her husband Pat have three children, Ryan, Brittney and Corey.

Although Carla always loved to read, she had never written until the death of her youngest son, Corey. After his tragic loss, Carla began to write about the experience. The story of her journey through grief became the subject of her first book, FORGIVING GOD. Next, she turned her attention to writing nonfiction books for young readers.

Today, Carla is a freelance author and speaker. It is her hope that readers of her books will be entertained, informed and inspired.


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