PHOTO GALLERY: Grandma Gang Mysteries Readers
Photo gallery of readers enjoying Donny and Mary Grace’s California Adventures: A Grandma Gang Mystery.
Photo gallery of readers enjoying Donny and Mary Grace’s California Adventures: A Grandma Gang Mystery.


Lompoc, CA – Author Cathy Pepe has released a new book, Mary Grace and Donny’s California Adventures: A Grandma Gang Mystery, a tale about a sister and brother moving to California to live with their grandmother who is part of a mystery-solving group known as the “Grandma Gang.” Ten-year-old Mary Grace, whose younger brother Donny…
There are many reasons why writers choose to write. It can be because they love telling stories and because they use writing as a form of expression. It can sometimes be because they want to inform, educate and enlighten about a subject that isn’t popularly known or has been prone to misconceptions. It might be,…
Have you read Donny, Mary Grace and the Ugly Marbles yet? If so, you’ll be interested to know that World Marbles Day is coming up! I’m serious. There really is a World Marbles Day and it has been commemorated since 1588! That’s right, World Marbles Day has taken place on Good Friday for almost 200…
Cathy Pepe didn’t write the Grandma Gang mysteries for praise, accolades or glowing reviews. She penned the series to honor her beloved brother, Donny, whose zest for life was never slowed or dampened by his Down syndrome. The praise, accolades and glowing reviews that followed each book in the series were simply affirmation that she…
Lompoc, CA (July 18, 2023) – The fourth and final mystery novel in the Grandma Gang children’s book series, Donny and Mary Grace Go to Camp, has been posthumously published following the passing of author Cathy Pepe. The new, exciting tale concludes the adventures of Donny, a curious boy with Down syndrome, and Mary Grace,…
Crime-solving siblings Mary Grace and Donny team up with the Grandma Gang to solve the mysterious disappearance of dogs from their California town; Ten percent of net proceeds from book sales to be donated to Special Olympics Lompoc, CA (September 26, 2022) – Author Cathy Pepe has released the second novel in the Grandma Gang…