"The first child will be called John and the second one will be named Frank." Mr. Carroll was true to his words, even though two daughters were the outcome. Mrs. Carroll added some ie's to the name...view more"The first child will be called John and the second one will be named Frank." Mr. Carroll was true to his words, even though two daughters were the outcome. Mrs. Carroll added some ie's to the names and tacked on ugly middle names (which they will not divulge) and the Carroll sisters proceeded to grow up hearing the old song: "Frankie and Johnny" sung everywhere they went in Tulsa, Oklahoma.In the beginning, Frankie and Johnnie were embarrassed by their boy names, but when teenage years rolled around, their monikers gained them a lot of attention. Frankie hopped into Johnnie's Studebaker and they cruised Boot's Drive-in, where the sister team attracted boys with their bell-bottoms, wit and names.Following the publishing of the humorous trilogy The Deweyville Church Secretary, a collaborative effort, Frankie Carroll continues to inspire and edit sister Johnnie Carroll McDonald's numerous novels ranging from humor to literary to historical fiction, but mostly romantic suspense.And what qualifies them to be authors? Growing up in what they deemed the Valley of Little Wars, where the onslaught of radical change occurring in the mid-sixties came slowly but surely to their isolated neighborhood, they experienced the actuality as "Outsiders" described by S.E. Hinton. It was a good start for character and plot development.Johnnie, somewhat buttoned up and motivated, heeded their mother's advice to be all that she could be, earned an MBA and honed a successful career as a human resources administrator. Frankie, emulating their gregarious father, took a different path. While also establishing a career, she acted in and directed little theater, and played a little poker on the side. Extensive life drama, travel, and motherhood were thrown in the mix to enrich their creativity.Frankie resides in Tulsa where she is retired from her career as a church administrative assistant. Johnnie continues to sit lonely at the keyboard looking out over Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, Florida where she imagines the action, the suspense, and the love stories.view less