Author: Ann Hendricks

  • Amazon “Top New Release” banner!

    A few days after launch, we made it to “Top new release” in the “Historical African Biographies” category. We are both absolutely thrilled. It’s a very small category: but we’re still over the moon! 😀

  • Amazon launch!

    Amazon launch!

    Hooray! Our thousands and thousands of hours of hard work have FINALLY paid off. The paperback and Kindle ebook editions are live at Amazon.com, and can be viewed here for paperback, and here for Kindle. They’re actually available in MANY Amazon markets: the “seller dashboard” claims they’re in at least…

  • February 3 2025 update

    We have wrapped up our agent querying. We were unsuccessful after 294 agents (although we did receive much encouragement), and that’s OK: we’re now nearly ready to self-publish the book. This was the harder route, as we had to do everything ourselves (editing, cover, layout, copyright/ISBNs/etc, and Ann starting up…

  • Karibuni! Welcome to the Daughter of the Leopard blog

    Above: children study English and Samburu (Maa) vocabulary. Image credit: “Samburu vocabulary“, Alaina Buzas, CC BY 2.0 license Here is where we will be posting updates on our books, more info about the people, animals, places, and time from Monique’s stories, and notable happenings in Kenya and Samburuland. This blog…