"PROMISING SKIES" sparkling review by New York Times best selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh  read here

"In moving prose, Amapola takes us from Mexico to Hawaii to the foggy shores of San Francisco as Janeera Vivioni’s star begins to rise. Managers seek to make her the most sought after star in the firmament, but while Janeera is lucky at singing, she continues to be unlucky at love—so much so that she eventually attempts to take her own life. Despite the glamour and the satisfaction of her successful career, she is plagued by a deep yearning she can’t seem to fill, not until a final terrible secret is revealed.  

Amapola writes like a dream, showing us the high notes and the low points in a beautiful young singer’s life. Richly atmospheric and full of intriguing insider information, Promising Skies is a smart and moving portrait of a young woman struggling to find her own happiness. The truth might be shattering, but in this brave and endearing novel, it eventually serves to set her free."

AMAPOLA'S TALKS ABOUT HER PARENTS 

                                           
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Amapola started writing for classmates in high school who paid to read her “illicit” materials. One of her stories landed on Mother Superior's desk and a two-week suspension followed. Amapola was thrilled. It was her first preview of what writing invokes. She was a professional singer at 5 – dubbing voices for child stars in the movies and later starring on her own films, hosted several television shows including her own that she produced and directed “Amapola Presents” on KEMO-TV (later syndicated in California and written-produced-directed by Hollywood's Dirk Dirksen) and performed as headliner world-wide on board ships, meeting her British husband onboard the Royal Viking Sun.  
AMAPOLA'S TALKS ABOUT HER PARENTS 

Winner!
IPPY Awards
2004-2005