Out in the dunes was a small village, and sometimes it's uncovered, and artifacts are exposed. And at other times, it is completely buried, and you would never know that a village had ever been there.

That’s why her second novel, “Leaning on Air” (Tyndale, 2024), is set in the heart of the Palouse – specifically between Pullman and the Snake River breaks at Penawawa.

These are the real dunes that inspired Dune—and you can visit them. The inspiration for the desert planet of Arrakis and many of Dune’s environmental themes lies along a remote stretch of ...