Tonya Ridley

Author Bio:

A teacher’s heart. A writer’s voice. Stories with purpose and grace.
Tonya Ridley is an educator of over 30 years, an author, and a lifelong creative who believes in the power of storytelling to connect hearts across generations.

She is the co-author of The Janus Frontiers series—a three-book historical fiction journey she is writing alongside her husband, James Ridley. Book One — The Journey West: Leaving Dixfield is published, with the next two installments underway.

Together, they bring faith, family, and 19th-century pioneer life to the page. They live in Napa Valley and have two grown, married daughters.

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The Journey West: Leaving Dixfield

In 1865, as America struggles to recover from the Civil War, Abner Fletcher faces rebuilding his own shattered world. Left a widower with seven sons, he marries Eliza, a young war widow with a daughter of her own. Together they blend their families and set out from Dixfield, Maine, bound for the promise…