ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tricia Martineau Wagner, a North Carolina author and presenter, is a well-versed and entertaining speaker who brings history to life. She is the author of It Happened on the Oregon Trail, Black Cowboys of the Old West, and African American Women of the Old West. Ms. Wagner enjoys speaking at conferences and conducting hands-on, living-history presentations for schools around the country on the topics pertaining to her books. She is an experienced elementary school teacher, reading specialist, and independent research historian.

Tricia and her husband, Mark, live on Lake Norman, North Carolina. They have two wonderful children, Kelsey Merreck and Mitchell Dale, and a Brittany spaniel named Tiger. To learn more about Tricia, visit her at www.authortalk.org.