Thunder Thighs, the setting for FIREFLY, is in the news!

 

My nephew/Thunder Thighs/Toronto Star, Oct 17/2022

“Everybody loves to be a cop,” Hanus said, noting military uniforms, which require a lot of accessories, are also popular. Army or Navy, take your pick."

So delighted to see my nephew and his costume shop, Thunder Thighs, highlighted in The Toronto Star (Oct 16/2022). Here's the full article: Need a lobster costume for an upcoming social event?

This shop is the setting for my Governor-General award-winning book, FIREFLY. It's a place I've loved for over 30 years, and a beautiful place to write about. My sister-in-law died in 2016, but the shop she created in the late 1970s has left an incredible legacy of amazing costumes, millions of them, that you can't find just anywhere. I hope you'll read the article, and realize that some places are just magical, and the perfect setting for a book! How lucky I've been to be part of it.

Way to go, and congrats to my amazing nephew and his staff:

“It’s taken me five years to figure out how to run this place, without any road map. It’s been a lot of work but it’s been fun and I have a good team and we are always busy,” Hanus said.

AND to top it off, my friend and writer Frieda Wishinsky has written a book, "How to Become an Accidental Entrepreneur", which also features Thunder Thighs and my sister-in-law, Lynda Kemp. Yay!