Betsy Haynes

Betsy and Jim with fans at McGowen Elementary School in McKinney, TX

Betsy autographing at McGowen Elementary School, McKinney, TX

Jim autographing at McGowen Elementary School, McKinney, TX

THE DEARLY DEPARTED
Another tale that keeps the reader laughing all the way to the end. Most of the time the Colby family ghosts, known as The Dearly Departed, are no trouble at all, but when Granny Thistle's ghost becomes riled over ghost-hunters poking around in her family's Antique & Junque Shop, she turns the family's business into a circus atmosphere. Betsy has written another spectacular kid-pleaser. Go to my My Works page to read the Chapter 1.

MY ADVENTURE PANNING FOR GOLD
Arrive at the stream. Pull on your water-proof boots. Use your special pan with the filter screen to sift through dirt and rocks. Find fool's gold, chase your pan down the stream, and finally, discover real gold. What an adventure.

THE BEST SELLING FABULOUS FIVE SERIES

Jana Morgan, Melanie Edwards, Beth Barry, Christie Winchell, Katie Shannon...they're The Fabulous Five. Their clubs secret purpose was to keep up with Taffy Sinclair. Not an easy job.

Autographing books at the Miami International Book Fair

Presenting Kids Love A Mystery Eddie Awards on Marco Island

Betsy's latest series, The Santa Diaries...her 77th, 78th and 79th published novels...asks a lot of questions about what goes on in Santa's world.

Everyone just assumes that Santa has it made. Life is pretty ho-hum. He and his elves make toys, load them into the sleigh or Christmas Eve and deliver them by Christmas morning. Wrong!

Did you know that Santa has had to pull off his deliveries in spite of rip-roaring disasters? Things a jolly old elf shouldn't have to deal with? His life doesn't begin to match his rosy cheeks. Much less Rudolph's bright red nose. Still he's succeeded evey time! Find out how in this hearwarming series.

Go to column 1 of the My Works page to read the first chapters of each book.

THE SANTA DIARIES
By Betsy Haynes, cover art by James Haynes

BOOK #1 NEW FANGLED CHRISTMAS, ISBN# 987-1-59092-488-4
Santa's just an old fashioned kind of guy. What are he and the elves going to do when boys and girls start e-mailing their wish lists and the elves have to make electronic toys?

BOOK #2 NORTH POLE VIRUS, ISBN# 978-1-59092-490-7
How is Santa going to deliver the toys when the reindeer all get sick? With flocks of geese flying south? 747 jet planes?

BOOK #3 SANTA'S STOWAWAY, ISBN# 978-1-59092-499-0
What will Santa do when a little boy stows away on the sleigh and breaks toys faster than Santa can fix them?