I call the O’Shaughnessy stories Family Fiction. Will, Mary, the other Mary, Michael, Sharon, Ruby, Catherine, and Gusta are fictionalized versions of Laura Annette Fitzsimons’ closest family members, but the experiences, interactions, and persuasions are the way I imagined them happening. All other family members in Giddyap Tin Lizzie are fictitious characters and any resemblance to the living or dead is purely coincidental. All non-family members are fictitious, too. Although the names are different, people who have read Laura’s memoir, From High on the Bluff, will recognize the villages of Ashley Springs, Hinton, Willow, and Logan Junction. And anyone who has read Laura’s book will relive in comprehensive detail the many events she described in that memoir.