Lynny Prince began writing when she was twelve, writing and illustrating her own books about horses, her first love. Inspired by Marguerite Henry and her Misty of Chincoteague books, the stories Lynny penned were full of adventures and happy endings as only a child can write them.

"Scattered Leaves: The Legend of Ghostkiller" began as a horror novel in January of 2004. "I was thinking of something Steven King-ish, but it took on a life of it's own, evolving into a story about The Great Sioux Uprising and the largest mass execution in US history.  I was driven by the need to tell a different story instead of the stereo-typical Indian stories told in Hollywood." She says that the spirits that she wrote about are still with her today, "I am just the vehicle by which their story traveled to the paper."

Hollywood is knocking now and Ms. Prince hopes that the movie will be depicted correctly. "I am blessed to be working with a production company that is sensitive to the subject matter. Also, they have hired me as creative consultant so I will have a hand in the production process."

Ms. Prince is of Scots-Irish and Cherokee ancestry "...with German thrown in for the sauerkraut side. I'm proud of my blood lines and honor all of my ancestors." She hopes to break the stereo-type of how Hollywood has interpreted Native Americans, beginning with the image that has painted the entire race with a two-shaded brush. "We are not all brown eyed with inky, black hair!"

Ms. Prince lives on a small farm in rural Kentucky with her husband Matthew, a Dakota Sioux born on Long Plain Indian Reserve in Canada.

The Prince's are the founders of Red Road Awareness, an organization that helps to raise awareness of Native American issues in the Kentuckiana area and beyond.