"I Never Called Him Pa" with Author Diane Kane and Photographer Corey Cain

What goes into the creation of an award-winning book cover and the popular novel behind it?

Diane Kane, the best selling author of the novel I Never Called Him Pa and Corey Cain, the award-winning cover photographer for this novel, will present this program together. 

I Never Called Him Pa  is a coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s told in the voice of Henry, a young fatherless boy living on a farm in Northern Illinois with his grandmother, his wayward mother, and the traveler who changes all their lives. After WWII, the military sent men home on trains. Some never got off. They rode the rails in boxcars, searching for their souls lost to the toils of society or the ravages of war. Ernest, one such man of color, seeks refuge with Henry, Gram, and her daughter Janie on the farm. Their sins and secrets could either drive them apart or bind them together. 

Author Diane Kane measures her success by the friends she’s made in her journey. Her fiction and nonfiction short stories appear in Red Penguin, Written Tales, and Monadnock Underground. Kane is the publisher and co-author of Flash in the Can: Number One and Flash in the Can: Number Two, books of short stories. She also writes public interest articles for Uniquely Quabbin Magazine and several newspapers. Kane’s first children’s book, Don Gateau the Three-Legged Cat of Seborga published in English, Spanish, French and Italian, won the Purple Dragonfly Award for Caring/Making a Difference in 2020. Kane published her second children’s book, Brayden the Brave Goes to the Hospital, in April 2021 to help children and families with medical issues.

Photographer Corey Cain of Maine began taking pictures as therapy during a period of depression after witnessing a tragic event. “I dove into photography to try to replace the horrible images in my mind with something beautiful.” Cain never imagined his therapy would develop into a profession. However, after numerous requests for prints, he decided to try his hand at Professional Photography. Corey Cain shoots wildlife and nature through his camera lens with his loyal friend uZu at his side. Follow him on Facebook or online @CoreyCainPhotography.