Two new books are in progress:

"Stucco Monster"

Written by Dr. Annie Thiel, author of the Play Date Series, researched by Loren Latker, creator of Raymond Chandler's Shamus Town (A history of the Los Angeles Raymond Chandler lived, worked and roamed in, 1912-1946), and Illustrated by Christine Sousa, who teaches at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Christine also volunteers as an art teacher at a Thousand Oaks elementary school and gives private art lessons to children.

"Matthew's Great Adventure"

Written by the late Richard Thiel to celebrate the Kindergarten graduation of grandson Matthew Michael Sparrow.