INDIA HAYFORD
Writer and Naturalist
“A poignant tale of ghosts and found family…Hayford seamlessly weaves the supernatural elements with lush details of the Southern landscape. Readers are in for a treat.” – Publishers Weekly on The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree
The Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkansas State Library has named The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree one of 2025’s Arkansas Gems. Arkansas Gems posters and bookmarks feature new works about Arkansas or by authors with a connection to the Natural State. Inclusion in the poster is based on the work’s literary or artistic merit, originality, and potential for local and regional interest. The project began in 2004, and it is one of the ways the Arkansas Center for the Book fulfills the mission of encouraging reading, writing, and literacy in the state. Arkansas Gems are introduced each year at the National Book Festival, highlighting recent regional literature to a national audience.
If you’re curious about how I came to write a book or you just get a kick out of hearing people refer to themselves in the third person, click here.
To listen to my interview on May 20, 2025 with Priscilla Leder of Station KZSM in San Marcos, Texas, visit https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6deb5bd1-2765-4f51-b6a3-85d325106168/
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Coming in JULY 2026: DAYS OF SUN AND SHADOW. Preorders will be available the first week of November, 2025.
Kenya Kylara, 2009 to 2024.
Kenya and I traveled tens of thousands of miles together over the fifteen years of her life. I miss her every time I set off on a trip without her sitting in the front seat, calmly watching the countryside roll past.
Thank you for the 135,000+ signups on Goodreads to win a free advanced reader copy of the book. May everyone who won enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The Song of the Blue Bottle tree is a Publishers Marketplace BUZZ BOOKS Selection.
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