June Weltman
Author

June Weltman is the author of Mystery of the Missing Candlestick, a young adult mystery that features a teenage detective who tracks thieves in St. Augustine. The book was recognized by the Florida Historical Society with a special award, the Journeys for the Junior Historian Book Award. It also received Mayhaven Publishing’s First Place Award for Children’s Fiction. Weltman, an award-winning reporter and freelance writer, started her career with the Chicago Tribune and later wrote about foreign policy for a weekly magazine in Washington, D.C. As a freelance writer, she has written locally for the Jacksonville Business Journal, Florida Times-Union, and other publications. She also teaches adult education workshops on Writing Children’s Mysteries. Visit her Web site.

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