title: Emma McDougal and the Quest for Father Time
author: Matt Cowden
description: Matt Cowden writes from his home in Western Pennsylvania. When he is not telling stories, he spends his time with his wife, Sarah, and their two children.
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  Emma Heatherington is from Donaghmore, Co Tyrone, where she lives with her
  children Jordyn, Jade, Dualta, Adam and baby Sonny James. She has penned more
  than thirty short films, plays and musicals as well as seven novels, two of
  which were written under the pseudonym Emma Louise Jordan.
  
  
  Emma’s novel, The Legacy of Lucy Harte, was an eBook bestseller in both the UK
  and US.
  
  
  Emma loves spending time with her partner (the talented artist and
  singer/songwriter Jim McKee), all things Nashville, romantic comedy movies,
  singalong nights with friends and family, red wine, musical theatre, new
  pyjamas, fresh clean bedclothes, long bubble baths and cosy nights in by the
  fire.
  
  
  [@emmalou13](https://twitter.com/emmalou13?lang=en)
  
  
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  [www.facebook.com/emmaheatheringtonwriter](http://www.facebook.com/emmaheatheringtonwriter)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  For my daddy Hugh McCrory, probably the best daddy in the world
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  