About the Author

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Norma Thatcher’s first illustrated children’s book, Scooter Takes a Walk, was published in 2021. The story came to life after ten years of “thinking about it” when she was blessed to team up with the newly-minted book illustrator Loralyn Noragong from California.

Norma’s second book, Could a Ferret Peel a Carrot?, launched in June 2022. This charming book imagines a life where animals are able to perform the everyday stuff that humans do such as grocery shop, take a cab, turn cartwheels, and sing in a chorus. The partnership with illustrator Loralyn continued in this second book.

Norma’s third book, Laura Lamb and The Christmas Book, has just been released. Partnering for a third time with illustrator Loralyn, this delightful Christmas-themed story is sure to enchant young readers for generations to come. This book centers on a whole menagerie of farm animals who explain the wonders of Christmas to a little lamb named Laura. Then Laura and the other animals hatch a plan to save their human family’s Christmas traditions.

Norma is the founder of Lifted Up, LLC, a speech coaching company where she works with individuals who want to give impactful presentations. Her clients yearn to be speakers who deliver a message that is easily followed, understood, believed, and remembered. But they struggle with overcoming speaking anxiety, knowing how to craft an organized speech, developing a voice with vocal vitality, and creating a bond with the audience. Norma identifies specific aspects to help her clients overcome what’s holding them back from delivering successful presentations or speeches.

She’s had her own blog for five years and the magazine Warrenton Lifestyle published two of her posts. Norma and her husband live on a mountain top just outside of Warrenton, Virginia, where Grace, their beagle/foxhound mix, is in charge of chipmunk chasing and walk-in-the-park scheduling.

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