About the Author

Charlotte Valentine

Charlotte Valentine has been a life-long writer of essays, fiction, children’s stories, poems, and whatever words can craft. She wrote stories for her children when they were small, poems for celebrations, and for work, church, and community newsletters. She writes of near and distant places as she and her husband Jim travel frequently. They recently moved into Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, Maryland. She is retired from accounting, but never from writing; she has begun a book of memoirs for her children and grandchildren. Her essays and poetry have appeared in local news publications. Inspired by childhood memories of her favorite Pennsylvania town, coupled with an amazing experience, The Buried Treasure of Mt. Gretna is her first novel.