N. Reece Ho-Sheffield is a retired medical doctor and asst. professor who had practiced clinically for many years in the United Kingdom and in the United States of America. She specialized in pediatrics and medical genetics. A prolific medical writer, she had published numerous articles in premier peer-reviewed medical journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. Since retirement, she develops a love for writing fictional children's stories and any other stories blessed, inspired, moved and motivated by the HOLY SPIRIT for her to put pen to paper, inventing unique children's games, creating novel art and craft; penning catchy, tuneful, and meaningful ditties, and inventing gadgets. Reece is a devout Christian. Her hobbies include intensive bible study, training to be a marathoner and cooking/experimenting with different varieties of hummus and fresh frozen yoghurt. Whatever she does, she wants to be a trail-blazer. One of her dreams is to create a safe preservative that can be added to surplus cooked food, keeping the food as unspoiled as possible, for months to a year, and which can therefore be transported to under-developed countries. Reece's Vintage Tales has received a slew of marvelous reviews, and garnered The Book Excellence Award (2020) [Gold Winner]; The Readers' Favorite International Book Award for Children (2019) [Silver]; The Readers' Favorite 5-Star Award (2019); The Mom's Choice Award (2019); and The IndieReader Approved Seal (2019). Reece's Timeless Tales, which is due to be released very shortly has garnered the Mom's Choice Award and The Readers' Favorite 5-Star Award (2019). The Firefly Story has attained the Mom's Choice Award. You can blog with the author in Facebook and Twitter. You can visit her at her website: www.apples-of-gold.biz