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being director, playwright, techie and cast." Although her undergraduate degree in fine arts took her to Paris for a year — "essentially, I ate baguettes every day and tromped around with a paintbrush in my hair, sketching things" — it was in England that she found her community. Her master's degree from the Cambridge School of Art is in children's book illustration. "People never made much sense to me," Dolan admits, "but art and books I could live in for hours and weeks and days and months, so the idea took hold quite early on to do whatever it took to stay in that book world full time. When you care about something so small, finding a community of other people who do too is just magical!" Dolan was in England for five years before returning to the United States and making her way to Fayetteville for the first time. Her mother is an elementary school librarian and her father an executive at Tyson Foods. "I had been overseas so long, and I really wanted to reconnect with my family and live where I didn't have to fly to see them," she says. "And then, Mom went on the book tour with me, and the two of us visited nine elementary schools all over England. We made matching costumes, shared Ghoul Scout songs, and read out chapters of the book in very thick Texan accents!" "'Ghoul Scouts: Welcome to Camp Croak' is for readers of all ages who love The Addams Family, Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, etc.," she explains. "It's about a little girl, named Lexie, who is off to summer camp. She thinks she is headed to the Happy Hollow Camp for Joyful Boys and Girls, but somehow accidentally ends up at Camp Croak, a Ghoul Scout camp for all kinds of monsters and beasties! When a sinister and suspicious sleeping sickness invades the camp, the Ghoul Scouts have to use all their badges to save the day. "I am an ardent escapist when it comes to my reading choices, and my writing follows along," she adds. "I hope readers will have fiendish fun, so much so that they can escape into their imaginations for a while. I hope they will feel like a member of a bigger Ghoul Scout troop." Dolan just recorded the audiobook for "Ghoul Scouts," is working on the sequel, draws every day "because I need to draw, and I write so I have something to apply my drawing to," she says. "It's a wonderful compulsion and obsession." "Sophisticated fun like this demands to be read aloud," one reviewer wrote about "Ghoul Scouts," but "brush up on your Southern belle first for best results." The area's choice pool builder since 1967! Bentonville 1301 SE Walton Blvd 479-271-9933 1-800-439-9561 Springdale 4686 n thompSon 479-756-6543 1-800-967-4143 www.seasidepools.com S T E A K H O U S E 479-271-4141 1003 MCCLAIN ROAD BENTONVILLE, AR • 72712 RIVERGRILLESTEAKHOUSE.COM World-Class Showroom & Service Simply Elegant Love Your Pet, Love Your Floors STOREWIDE SALE! 479-464-4411 2810 South Walton • Bentonville Bentonville.BuyAbbey.com $ 100 OFF Your purchase of $1,499 or more. "THE PERFECT HOME DESERVES THE PERFECT FLOOR." World-Class Showroom & Service Simply Elegant 479-464-4411 2810 South Walton Bentonville Bentonville.BuyAbbey.com APRIL 12-18, 2020 WHAT'S UP! 39 Dolan Continued From Page 5 (Courtesy Images) COVER STORY