Author Chat: Mindy Nichols Wendell

Mindy published her first book, Light and Air in January 2024.

It’s a middle grade historical novel set in 1935. Much of the book takes place in a tuberculosis sanatorium, inspired by the ruins of the J.N. Adam Memorial Hospital in Perrysburg, New York.

Mindy resides in Western New York with her family and is a

former English Professor at SUNY Fredonia. Spending all

those years teaching writing and middle grade novels was

the perfect preparation for writing her own book.