2015 Catalog - Women Writing the West
the term women’s west president’s message Hello and welcome. In this catalog we offer a glimpse of Women Writing the West, an organization that creates strong, authentic and mutually advantageous relationships between writers, agents, publishers and other professionals. Since our founding in the early 1990s our mission has expanded to include men and women. Membership is open to writers worldwide. Members include best selling authors to pre-published writers in every genre from 19th century frontier historical and biography to modern-day mysteries, short fiction and essays. We welcome anyone with a passion for the West to join us. Each year WWW sponsors the WILLA Literary Awards, named in honor of novelist Willa Cather, to recognize outstanding literature set in the West. The LAURA Award acknowledges outstanding short fiction and winners are published in the LAURA Journal. This catalog of members’ books is published annually and distributed at book festivals, trade shows and mailed to libraries and book sellers. Members connect daily on a Yahoo Groups listserve where we share our triumphs, research questions, promotional opportunities and even details of ranch life. This listserve is our lifeline, a place where we celebrate the publication of a new book, a book signing, a literary award or sometimes the setbacks that beset us. We maintain a blog and Facebook page and invite everyone to “follow” us. Each October we hold a conference in different cities throughout the West. New members are welcomed into a nurturing environment where we put faces to names, meet with agents and editors and attend workshops and panels to further our craft. We honor the winners of the WILLA Literary Awards and the LAURA Short Fiction Contest. Our next conference will be in Bend/Redmond, Oregon Oct. 9-11, 2015. Please join us. And do visit us at WomenWritingtheWest.org. Be sure to read our newsletter when you stop by. Happy Trails! Anne Schroeder 2015 President, Women Writing the West This catalog is published annually as a service to our members, providing educational and industry information to our membership and those in the publishing community. Women Writing the West is a non-profit association of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the Women’s West. Published by Women Writing the West 8547 E. Arapahoe Rd., #J-541 Greenwood Village CO 80112-1436 WomenWritingtheWest.org 2 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books is borrowed from the ground-breaking book of the same title, edited by Susan Armitage and Elizabeth Jameson and published by the University of Oklahoma Press. That book and the subsequent flood of scholarly books on the same subject presented an entirely different view, literally a rediscovery, of women in the American West. More than a recognition that women played broader roles than being ranch wives or prostitutes, the new view of the Women’s West speaks to the diversity of women of all cultures and all time periods. It acknowledges the rich variety of ways women responded to the western experience. The women’s West is based on a tradition that includes such fine writers as Willa Cather, Mary Austin, B.M. Bower, Mari Sandoz, Dorothy Johnson, Juanita Brooks, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Helen Hunt Jackson. Today’s writers who set their work in the West are creating a literary explosion said to be comparable to the Southern literary renaissance in the 1930s. Women Writing the West is open to all persons worldwide. Please join us. The membership form is on the back cover. Now, enjoy this latest collection of wonderful books written by members of Women Writing the West. 2014 Board of Directors Committees & Support Staff Cynthia Becker President Joyce B. Lohse Administrator Anne Schroeder President-Elect Heidi Thomas Blog Coordinator Erin Gray Past President/WILLA Chair Liz Simmons Listserv/Membership Manager Susan Tweit VP Marketing Mary Trimble Catalog Editor Nancy Jurka VP Conference Doris Eraldi Website Manager Carmen Peone Secretary Anne Nelson Accountant Dawn Wink Treasurer Jenny Hancey Graphic Designer founding members table of contents About Women Writing the West 2 President’s Message 2 The Term ‘Women’s West’ 3 Founding Members 19 2013 WILLA Literary Award Winners & Finalists 20 2014 WILLA Literary Award Winners & Finalists 21 WILLA Literary Awards 2015 Application 22 Sustaining Members 22 Member Focus WILLA Fund Donors 22 23 Member Publishers/Agents Fiction..................................................................... 4 Nonfiction............................................................. 12 Children’s/Young Adult Fiction......................... 17 Anthology............................................................. 18 Poetry.................................................................... 18 Index...................................................................... 23 Sierra Adare Natalia Aponte – TOR/Forge Jane Valentine Barker Carolyn Bauer Sarah Bird Cindy Bonner Glenn G. Boyer Irene Bennett Brown Corinne Brown Susan Butruille Jenna Caplette Jane Chelius – Jane Chelius Literary Agency Rita Cleary Margaret Coel Jane Candia Coleman Sandra Dallas John Dofflemyer – Dry Crik Review Sybil Downing Karen Emanuelson Patricia McMartin Enders Edna Fiore Kathleen O’Neal Gear Gary Goldstein Ann Gorzalka Harry Helm Charlotte Hinger Jerrie Hurd Judith Janay Deana Jensen Erin Jourdan – TOR/Forge Julie Wallin Kaewert Jane Kirkpatrick Alice P. Kober Dr. Victoria Krueger Page Lambert Elaine Long Mary Lynn Mardis Dee Marvine Paul McCarthy Kay McDonald Gwendolyn J. Morgan-Jones Lesley Kellas Payne Bobette Perrone Gwen Petersen Nancy Cathers Phillips Nell Brown Propst Linda Quinton – TOR/Forge Mary Ramstetter Susan C. Reneau Glenda Riley Janet E. Robertson Lucia St. Clair Robson Irene “Cindy” Sandell Karen Sorenson Linda Sparks Beth Sullivan – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman AJ Verdelle Linda A. White Jeanne Williams Jann Arrington Wolcott Women of the West Museum Women Writing the West | 3 Terms of Surrender ISBN: 9781468182521 fiction Brannon, Barbara (with Kay Ellingon) The Paragraph Ranch ISBN: 9781620154618 Booktrope A Tex-patriate writing professor must choose between the opportunity of a lifetime to finish her book, and returning to care for Mom—or just maybe figure out how to do both. theparagraphranch.com barbarabrannon.com/ paragraphranch.htm paragraphranch.com/ Breene, Leslee Journey to Sand Castle ISBN: 978-1-484958971 CreateSpace/Amazon An unimaginable tragedy. Three broken lives. One more chance. “A tender tale of love, family and healing...previous women’s fiction publications.” – Colorado Country Life lesleebreene.com Broday, Linda Prairie Rose Publications How do you capture a cowboy’s heart? Nine love stories of the old West that will leave no doubt — Cupid is a cowboy, and he’s playing for keeps. prairierosepublications.yolasite.com/ ISBN: 978-0-374-22882-8 (hardback) ISBN: 978-0-374-71137-5 (e-book) Sarah Crichton Books; Farrar, Strous & Giroux In 1966 Charles Whitman hauled guns to the top of the University of Texas Tower and started shooting pedestrians. “Monday, Monday” follows three students caught up in the massacre. elizabethcrookbooks.com Dawdy, Arletta By Grace CreateSpace/Kindle In 1898 Grace leaves Albany to seek her vocation in NYC, studying jewelry design at Tiffany’s. Fleeing death threats, Grace heads West, often changing her identity and appearance. ArlettaDawdy.com Huachuca Woman CreateSpace/Kindle Josephine Nichols, in 1952, reveals details of her life by re-telling old family stories. Her adult grandchildren get more than they dreamt of, bargained for or knew. ArlettaDawdy.com Downing, Andrea Loveland ISBN: 9781612173238 The Wild Rose Press Returning to the Colorado ranch managed by her uncle, Lady Alexandra Calthorpe has little idea of how the experience will alter the future her father has in mind for her. andreadowning.com Farrelly, Lorrie Terms of Engagement ISBN: 9781469953427 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Wyoming 1885. Socialite Tess Rutledge is on the run, near death, saved only by Dr. Robert Devlin’s skill and compassion. Now both face a deadly–and relentless–peril. sites.google.com/site/yourbestreads 4 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books CreateSpace Independent Publishing Forbes, Jamie Lisa Unbroken ISBN: 978-1-932636-61-1 Pronghorn Press Winner 2011 WILLA for Outstanding Contemporary Fiction. “The plot’s emphasis on two strong women struggling to maintain a relationship is unique against a dramatic background...of small town isolation.” – WILLA Judge Gooch, Margaret Only the Sky CreateSpace A father’s role in an Indian youth’s death and his daughter’s efforts to avert hostilities rooted in that earlier violence — can love for her ranch manager sway his resolve? amazon.com Grout, Judith ISBN: 9781495912108 Monday, Monday ISBN: 9781477648346 ISBN: 9781482718171 Wyoming 1904. When wildlife conservationist Kinley Cantrell’s spirit and passion clash with Game Warden Bram Killoran’s duty and desire, their hearts — and their very lives– are at risk. sites.google.com/site/yourbestreads Chasing the Strawberry Moon Crook, Elizabeth ISBN: 9781479271047 Terms of Temptation ISBN: 9781453792148 Hearts and Spurs ISBN: 9781494990404 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Wyoming 1866. Haunted Confederate veteran Michael Cantrell rides into the furor of rancher Annie Devlin’s war. Standing with her will test the limits of his courage–and his passion. sites.google.com/site/yourbestreads CreateSpace Independent Publishing Two teenage girls run away from home and hitchhike across the western U.S. The trek proves much more challenging than they bargained for. A compelling real-life adventure. judithgrout.com fiction Women Writing the West | 5 fiction Hendren, Anne A Dream of Good and Evil ISBN: 9780615696003 Ring of Fire Publishing Green architecture and a woman’s desire to learn the truth about a friend’s murder. “A Dream of Good and Evil” is a novel of crime, punishment and personal redemption. annehendren.com Project Runaway ISBN: 9780615821344 Ring of Fire Publishing Set in New York and the Rocky Mountain west, “Project Runaway” wraps suicide and fraud inside the intrigue of fashion and design as designer/quilter Karin Ohisson comes of age. annehendren.com Hinger, Charlotte Hidden Heritage ISBN: 9781464200748 Poisoned Pen Press After a gruesome killing at the local feedyard an ancient Spanish woman pulls Kansas undersheriff Lottie Albright into the dark side of magic while she tries to solve the murder. charlottehinger.com Hinton, Tammy Retribution ISBN: 9781494752279 Prickly Pear Press The war changed everything Emilee loved. Death rode the same trail west. Emilee vowed she’d deliver the villain to the hanging tree or put a bullet in him herself. tammyhinton.com Isenberg, Jane The Bones and the Book ISBN: 9780984010929 Oconee Spirit Press WILLA winner. “The lives of Aliza and Rachel in 1900 and 1965 Seattle are beautifully woven together as each discovers her strengths as a woman and a Jew.” – Sharan Newman JaneIsenberg.com Kirkpatrick, Jane A Light in the Wilderness ISBN: 97808007022319 Revell A division of Baker Based on fact: Letitia, a former slave seeks justice in 1845 Oregon territory; Nancy, hopes for relief from sorrow; and a Kalapuya woman transforms all their lives including her own. jkbooks.com Sincerely Yours ISBN: 9780800722043 Revell, A Division of Baker Four authors write of four women who receive a letter that changes their lives. Spanning a century and a continent, these romantic novellas lead to a landscape of love. jkbooks.com Kondazian, Karen The Whip ISBN: 9781601823021 Hansen Publishing Group Inspired by the true story of Charlotte “Charley” Parkhurst (1812-1879). The destruction of her family drove her west to California, dressed as a man, to track the killer. kondazian.com Lincoln, Deborah Agnes Canon’s War ISBN: 9780985808679 Blank Slate Press In turbulent, pre-civil war Missouri, Agnes Canon and Jabez Robinson face the reality that freedom—of a slave, of the South, or of a woman—is measured in blood. deborahlincoln.org Lynch, Kristen Silver ISBN: 9781940222264 Pen-L Publishing Based upon the documented “Owyhee War” SILVER pulls back the pages of the Old West and reveals a hidden chapter of the mining boom, where the mountains offered untold fortunes. silverthenovel.com 6 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books fiction Women Writing the West | 7 fiction Martin, Jonnie Wrangle ISBN: 1494887312 The war changed everything Emilee loved. The young woman couldn’t foresee the terror that the peace would bring. Moving to Texas seemed the answer, but Death rode the same trail west. About the Author: >> Will Rogers Medallion Award Winner >>Western Writers of America Spur Finalist >> Women Writing the West WILLA Finalist Visit the author at: www.TammyHinton.com Available through Amazon, B&N, CreateSpace and on all mobile devices. CreateSpace Independent Publishing City-bred Shannon Murphy embraces the dangerous and tactile world of quarter-horse racing in Texas in the 1970s in this literary western about life and family loyalty. jonniemartin.com Mayo, C.M. The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire ISBN: 9781936071616 Unbridled Books A Library Journal Best Book of 2009, based on the true story. “A swashbuckling, riotous good time, befitting the fairy-tale promise of the opening sentence.” – Austin American-Statesman cmmayo.com Noonan, C.J. The House on Harrigan’s Hill ISBN: 9780970805065 Sand Hill Press In Sierra Nevada 1910 Truckee, well-paced action and lively characters capture the drama facing indefatigable Mary Edwards as 20th century California transforms from frontier to today’s modern economy. cjnoonan.com Nowak, Pamela Changes ISBN: 9781432827533 Five Star Frontier Fiction/Gale A spirited librarian with a hidden heritage, an ambitious attorney with his own view of the law, the 1879 Trial of Standing Bear—a quest for justice brings changes to all. pamelanowak.com Nunn, Susan Song of the Earth ISBN: 139780692235102 Tehom Books As chaos erupts on the borderlands, Jessie helps immigrants pull a federal agent from a raging flashflood. A passionate love story exploring the depth and complexity of our convictions. csusannunn.com Nyman, Leslie The Sound of Her Own Voice ISBN: 9781432784782 Outskirts Press A young Jewish woman travels to the California Gold Rush in 1849. She experiences adventures and turns misfortune to success. She lives a life of music, danger and love. outskirtspress.com/thesoundofherownvoice Pashley, Ava The Storyteller ISBN: 9781922022936 Vivid Publishing/Tank & Ferry Entertainment A courageous young writer living on a ranch in southern Wyoming falls for the new foreman and risks both their lives while unwittingly exposing a dark secret in her hometown. avapashley.com Phillips, Joyce E. Mesa Mystery ISBN: 978143273414-5 Outskirts Press A fiction murder mystery in Cortez and Mesa Verde. A pot stealer kills a young woman. Paula and Daniel try to find the killer and stop pottery thieves. Poling-Kempes, Leslie Bone Horses ISBN: 9781888809657 La Alameda Press Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction; Silver Medalist, 2014 IPPY Awards: “...vivid characters and big American themes... an exquisitely beautiful and haunting read.” – Douglas Preston lesleypoling-kempes.net 8 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books fiction Rifkin, Gini A Cowboy’s Fate ISBN: 9781628303889 The Wild Rose Press Colorado, 1880. She believes in the Tarot cards. Four-of-a-kind is more his style. Will love be waiting at the end of the trail? Or could Cody’s past destroy their future? ginirifkin.com Special Delivery ISBN: 9781612171678 The Wild Rose Press A mysterious letter, and the drop-dead handsome town marshal, are the last things Mariah expects to find making rounds as a midwife in 1888 Colorado. 5 stars/Fall into Reading. ginirifkin.com Rochlin, Harriet Desert Dwellers Trilogy ISBN: 0974134961 Roots West Press Track Frieda Levie from San Francisco Jewish boardinghouse to the Arizona-Sonora desert. In twelve exhilarating, excruciating years, she learns where and with whom she belongs. Available at rochlin-roots-west.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com. Schroeder, Anne Cholama Moon ISBN: 9781610091299 Oak Tree Press In 1870’s California’s Central Valley, a gritty young girl is raised by a gruff ranchhand and an overworked Mission Indian woman until a stranger helps her find her destiny. anneschroederauthor.blogspot.com Women Writing the West | 9 fiction Sedmak, Terri Heartland: On the Side of Angels (The Liberty & Property Legends, Volume 1) ISBN: 9781921787393 Vivid Publishing/Tank & Ferry Entertainment Wyoming, 1883. Three families. One Alliance. A cold-blooded murder. The secrets. The conflict. The passion. And the fight for justice. The saga begins. “Fast-paced and riveting.” – Midwest Book Review. terrisedmak.com Empire for Liberty: Dangerous Lullaby (The Liberty & Property Legends, Volume 2) ISBN: 9781921787638 Vivid Publishing/Tank & Ferry Entertainment Terror grows, heroes rise. “A subtle post-colonial undertone, a more obvious early-feminist thread, part of the fabric of a strong story. A very clever second book.” – Kate Matthew, historian. terrisedmak.com First Country: Tinged with Rose (The Liberty & Property Legends, Volume 3) ISBN: 9781925086195 Vivid Publishing/Tank & Ferry Entertainment The grand adventure of The West & Gilded Age continues. Across the path of justice and truth lies the shadow of heartache and vengeance. “Spritely, captivating, enduring.” – PS News. terrisedmak.com Sundell, Joanne Arctic Storm: Watch Eyes Trilogy - Book One ISBN: 978-1-4328-2916-2 Five Star, Gale/Cengage Learning Call of the Wild meets Brother Bear in this epic tale and adventure, endurance, and young love. A Heroic journey tested against America’s last frontier. joannesundell.com 10 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books fiction Thomas, Diane P. The Buffalo Messenger ISBN: 9781495949135 Big Dry Creek Publishing In 1910, two sick Dakota girls cause a deadly encounter by running away from boarding school to find the buffalo messenger—a red cricket medallion that points the way. buffalomessenger.com Thomas, Heidi M. Dare to Dream ISBN: 9780762797004 Globe Pequot/Twodot Press Third in the “Cowgirl Dreams” series, WWII era. Nettie is ready to rodeo again when the RAA enforces its ban against women riding roughstock. Her fury can’t change things...yet. heidimthomas.com Trimble, Mary E. Tenderfoot ISBN: 9780615831954 CreateSpace Corrie’s life is about to erupt, right along with Mount St. Helens. Rancher J McClure has a fire burning within. Love, ranching and an erupting mountain explode together. MaryTrimbleBooks.com Wallace, Louise Lenahan Day Unto Day ISBN: 978-0-9846297-1-8 All Things That Matter Press The Civil War over, the Edwards family anticipates living out their days peacefully. Fate, however, has other plans. Tragedy strikes, with consequences that ripple far beyond their farm and village. louiselenahanwallace.com Women Writing the West | 11 fiction/nonfiction Williams, Alethea Walls for the Wind ISBN: 9781611608625 Whiskey Creek Press LLC New York City slums. Immigrants. Gamblers. Soiled doves. A 22-year-old placing agent. An orphan train. End of track, Hell on Wheels, Cheyenne, Dakota Territory. Now the challenge for survival begins. aletheawilliams.weebly.com/ Wurth, K. Lyn The Darkwater Liar’s Account ISBN: 9781491080238 True to Story Publishing Nebraska farmer Bridget Wheeler records her youthful complicity with Nazi darkness in a tattered ledger from her cellar, recalculating her crimes before yet another person dies on her account. klynwurth.com nonfiction Baptiste, Mary Beth Altitude Adjustment: A Quest for Love, Home, and Meaning in the Titons ISBN: 978-0-7627-9134-7 Two-Dot/Globe Pequot Press This thoughtful, humorous memoir follows a wildlife biologist’s quest for purpose and redemption through wilderness adventure, solitude, and offbeat human connections in Jackson Hole’s Grand Teton National Park. marybethbaptiste.com Elwood-Akers, Virginia Caroline Severance ISBN: 978-1-4502-3627-0 i-Universe First full-length biography of American suffragist Caroline Severance. Winner of the Writer’s Digest 2013 Self-Published Book Awards. virginiaelwood-akers.com Fisher, Janet A Place of Her Own: The Legacy of Oregon Pioneer Martha Poindexter Maupin ISBN: 9780762796014 TwoDot/Globe Pequot Martha defies her parents to marry Garrett, but when he dies, leaving her alone on the frontier with their children, she buys a farm the author, her great-great-granddaughter, now owns. janetfishernovels.com WomenWritingtheWest.org 12 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books nonfiction Women Writing the West | 13 nonfiction Goeres-Gardner, Diane L Images of America: Oregon Asylum ISBN: 978-0-7385-9988-5 Arcadia Publishing Photos and analytical graphs reveal the story behind the west coast’s oldest intact mental hospital. Opened in 1883, today the original building has been restored after a $360 million restoration. dlgoeres-gardner.com Images of America: Roseburg ISBN: 978-0-7385-8031-9 Arcadia Publishing Using photos provided by the Douglas County Museum and county residents, Roseburg details the various people and institutions that helped a small settlement grow to a wonderful city. dlgoeres-gardner.com Inside Oregon State Hospital: A History of Tragedy and Triumph ISBN: 978-1-62619-040-5 The History Press Experience 130 years of mental health history through the eyes of the patients who lived there. Physicians injected poisons, cut out pieces of brain tissue and sterilized patients in terrifying attempts at a cure. dlgoeres-gardner.com Murder, Morality and Madness: Women Criminals in Early Oregon ISBN: 978-0-87004-470-0 Caxton Press Women criminals were rare in Oregon prior to 1900, but from Charity Lamb, the first woman convicted of murder, to Carrie Bradley, the madam who destroyed Portland’s elite, these stories will fascinate any reader. dlgoeres-gardner.com Necktie Parties: Legal Executions in Oregon, 1851-1905 ISBN: 978-0-87004-446-5 In chronological order, Necktie Parties relates the stories of fifty men hanged for murder in Oregon prior to 1905. Each story is complete in itself, yet part of a history beginning in 1851. dlgoeres-gardner.com 14 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books Gravett, Amron Chimney Rock National Monument ISBN: 9781467131612 Arcadia Publishing The appreciation of the Chimney Rock region goes back more than 1,000 years. Located in southwestern Colorado, the Ancestral Puebloans inhabited this region as an outlier community of Chaco Canyon. arcadiapublishing.com Johnston, Linda S. Hope Amid Hardship: Pioneer Voices from Kansas Territory ISBN: 9780762784868 Two Dot/Globe Pequot Press The writings of sixty men and women reveal the brighter side of pioneer life–the moments that gave them reason to sing, dance, and celebrate. Beautifully illustrated by the author. lindasjohnston.com nonfiction Jones, Andrea Between Urban and Wild: Reflections from Colorado ISBN: 9781609381875 Bur Oak Books/University of Iowa Press Meditating on the joys and challenges of life outside the urban boundary, Jones honors the subtleties of the natural world while seeking ways to safeguard the health of the land. jonesliteraryservices.com Kaelin, Celinda Reynolds American Indians of the Pikes Peak Region ISBN: 978-0-7385-4847-0 Arcadia Publishing Thousands of years before Zebulon Pike’s name became attached to this famous mountain, Pikes Peak was home to indigenous people. This is their story. 200 Photos, maps, bibliography, Index Pikes Peak Back Country ISBN: 0-87004-391-9 Caxton Press This is the story of the OTHER side of Colorado’s best known mountain–the region west of Pikes Peak. Photos, bibliography, index. Kirkpatrick, Jane A Simple Gift of Comfort ISBN: 9780578111179 Jane Kirkpatrick, Inc When you don’t know what to say to someone struggling in life, look to this book by WILLA Award-winning author and mental health professional. For comfort in Wilderness Places. jkbooks.com Homestead, A Memoir ISBN: 9781629110059 Whitaker House Kurtz, Mary B. At Home in the Elk River Valley: Reflections on Family, Place and the West ISBN: 9781608449446 Dog Ear Publishing An insightful journey into the history, natural world and community of a special Colorado mountain valley. NIEA Finalist for Regional Non-Fiction and 2012 CIPA Bronze Winner for Non-Fiction. marybkurtz.com Lipp-Acord, Darcy Circling Back Home: A Plainswoman’s Journey ISBN: 978-0-9860355-5-5 S.D. Historical Society Press At a time when values of frugality, home, family and care of the land seem increasingly absent, one woman looks to her past to create a life of significance for her family. Lohse, Joyce Baby Doe Tabor: Matchless Silver Queen ISBN: 978-86541-107-4 Filter Press Baby Doe Tabor’s legendary story of Colorado’s mining history took her from rags to riches, and back again, while she struggled to keep the Matchless Mine. An award-winning biography. LohseWorks.com Massey, Cynthia Leal Death of a Texas Ranger ISBN: 9780762793051 TwoDot, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press The true story of the 1873 murder of a Texas Ranger and his son’s quest for justice. Narrative nonfiction at its best. cynthialealmassey.com Back in print! Riveting story of following a dream, heard on C-Span Book TV You Tube of modern pioneer couple pursuing a life at the edge of possibility. youtube/gv2kqyZaXFg jkbooks.com Women Writing the West | 15 nonfiction Mayo, C.M. Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book, Spiritist Manual ISBN: 9780988797000 Dancing Chiva Award-winning writer and noted literary translator C.M. Mayo provides a rich introduction and the first translation of the secret book by the leader of Mexico’s 1910 Revolution. cmmayo.com Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico ISBN: 9781571313041 Milkweed Editions “A luminous exploration of Baja California… a work of nonfiction that elides into modern myth.” – Los Angeles Times Book Review cmmayo.com Montanye, Mary Above Tree Line ISBN: 9780988770393 Wild Ginger Press One woman’s story of personal, familial and marital breakdown, and the healing that occurs when she finds home again beside the wild and scenic Cache La Poudre River in Colorado. marymontanye.com Rapaport, Diane Sward Home Sweet Jerome: Death and Rebirth of Arizona’s Richest Copper Mining City ISBN: 978-1-55566-454-1 Johnson Books (Big Earth Publishing) Unexpected alliances help a town too stubborn to die after mining abandoned it in 1953 come back as a famous ghost town, hippie hideout and celebrated art and history designation. homesweetjerome.net Rochlin, Harriet Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West ISBN: 9781491720172 Authors Guild/BackinPrint.com/ iUniverse 2014 updated republication of the classic 2000 edition. “Social history at its best — entertaining, engaging, full of little-known information about famous and not-so-famous Jewish pioneers.” – San Francisco Chronicle. rochlin-roots-west.com Sharp, Lisa G. A Slow Trot Home ISBN: 9781627870740 Wheatmark Memoir of an historic US/Mexico border ranch, a woman’s determination to stay on the land, love and loss of home, which is now an Arizona State Park lisagsharp.com Short, Kayann A Bushel’s Worth: An Ecobiography ISBN: 9781937226190 Torrey House Press A graceful memoir of reunion with a family’s farming past and a call for agricultural preservation today. Sarton Memoir finalist and Silver Nautilus winner in Green Living and Sustainability. abushelsworth.com Sternberg, Barbara Anne Evans, A Pioneer in Colorado’s Cultural History: The Things That Last When Gold is Gone ISBN: 9780615383996 Center for Colorado and the West and Buffalo Park Press First biography of Anne Evans (1897-1941), major contributor to the early development of the Denver Art Museum, Denver Public Library, Central City Summer Festival, Denver University’s Arts and Theater Departments. anne-evans.com Thomas, Heidi M. Cowgirl Up! ISBN: 9780762789641 Globe Pequot/Twodot Press A history of women’s rodeo. Cowgirls of the early twentieth century did it all, just like the men, only wearing skirts, sometimes with a baby waiting behind the chutes. heidimthomas.com Weston, Julie The Good Times Are All Gone Now: The Life, Death and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town ISBN: 978-0-806-14075-9 University of Oklahoma Press “(This) is a smartly written, introspective, well-researched, not always playful romp through the tribulations of a company town and the angst of the then-adolescent author.” – Jay Meeham, Bloomsbury Review julieweston.com Winograd, Kathryn Phantom Canyon: Essays of Reclamation ISBN: 9781938633249 Conundrum Press From violation to silence to reclamation, Winograd braids her history with the Colorado land she loves. Her essays become concentric circles–building to deeper meaning and truth, revealing, at center, mercy. kathrynwinograd.com 16 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books nonfiction/children’s/YA fiction Gray, Erin Moonshine Murder ISBN: 9781938370083 Treble Heart Books The cabin in the mountains is the only home seventeen-year-old Lenora has ever known. But when her father dies from tainted moonshine, she is forced into a life of danger. erinsgray.com Jenner, Frances Bonney Prairie Journey ISBN: 9781617203718 Irie Books While struggling to survive the perils of her family’s journey west on the California Trail in 1850, twelve year old Savannah experiences an unexpected turn of events that changes everything. prairiejourney.com Squires, Janet The Gingerbread Cowboy ISBN: 0-06-077863-6 Hardcover, ISBN: 0-06-077864-0 Library Binding Laura Geringer Books/ HarperCollins Publishers The Gingerbread Cowboy runs from the rancher’s wife, dashes past javelinas, and giddyups away from cattle grazing on the mesa. But what happens when he meets a sly coyote? janetsquiresbooks.com Zajani, Sally A Mine of Her Own: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850-1950 ISBN: 0-8032-4914-4 University of Nebraska Press Now available in paperback! Reviewer Susan Armitage calls it “a lively and consistently engaging narrative solidly based in expertise.” A lost piece of women’s history. bisonbooks.com Helen J. Stewart: First Lady of Las Vegas ISBN: 978-1-935043-38-6 Stephens Press The pioneer known as the “First Lady of Las Vegas” was a mother of five, rancher, business woman, community leader, and friend to the Indians, whom she still inspires. nevadahistorybooks.stephenspress.com/stephens-press/ Sarah Winnemucca ISBN: 978-0803299214 University of Nebraska Press Winner of the Evans Biography Award and the Westerners International Book Award! The moving story of one of the most influential and charismatic Native American women in American history. bisonbooks.com children’s/young adult – fiction Foard, Sheila Wood Harvey Girl ISBN: 9780896725706 Texas Tech University Press Heading west and taking a job as a Harvey Girl, underage Clara Massie struggles to learn the demanding Harvey Way and shed her farm-girl image to become a confident woman. sheilawoodfoard.com Women Writing the West | 17 anthology/poetry anthology Mayo, C.M. Mexico: A Traveler’s Literary Companion ISBN: 9781883513153 Whereabouts Press Twenty-fours works by Mexican writers. “It will open your eyes, fill you with pleasure and render our perennial vecinos a little less distante.” Los Angeles Times Book Review cmmayo.com poetry Morgan, Gwendolyn Crow Feathers, Red Ochre, Green Tea ISBN: 9780988943018 Hiraeth Press This collection offers richly textured poetic renderings of natural landscapes and emotional nuances in response to those landscapes -- a deep sense of care for and rootedness in the earth. gwendolynmorganrose.com/wordpress/ 18 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books Congratulations! Women Writing the West | 19 2014 WILLA Winners & Finalists Contemporary Fiction Bone Horses by Lesley Poling-Kempes, La Alameda Press (Winner) Jackson’s Pond, Texas by Teddy Jones, Midtown Publishing, Inc. Blood of the White Bear by Marcia Calhoun Forecki and Gerald Schnitzer, WriteLife, LLC Historical Fiction Dollybird by Anne Lazurko, Coteau Books (Winner) Meadowlark by Dawn Wink, Pronghorn Press A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert, Persevero Press Original Softcover Fiction Junction, Utah by Rebecca Lawton, Wavegirl Books (Winner) Merciless by Lori Armstrong, Simon and Schuster/ Touchstone Bodie by Anne Sweazy-Kulju, Tate Publishing Creative Nonfiction Gaining Daylight: Life on Two Islands by Sara Loewen, University of Alaska Press (Winner) Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods by Christine Byl, Beacon Press Circling Back Home: A Plainswoman’s Journey by Darcy Lipp-Acord, South Dakota State Historical Society Press Scholarly Nonfiction Trail Sisters: Freedwomen in Indian Territory, 18501890 by Linda Williams Reese, Texas Tech University Press (Winner) I Fought a Good Fight: A History of the Lipan Apaches by Sherry Robinson, University of North Texas Press Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp by Ann Kirschner, Harper Collins Poetry Losing the Ring in the River by Marge Saiser, University of New Mexico Press (Winner) Upriver by Carolyn Kremers, University of Alaska Press Life Between Dust & Clouds by Sally Harper Bates, Morris Publishing Children’s/YA & Nonfiction Written in Stone by Rosanne Parry, Random House Children’s Books (Winner) Taking the Reins by Dayle Campbell Gaetz, Coteau Books My Magic Cowboy by Katy Lente, Casa de Snapdragon LLC Publishing Congratulations! 20 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books Application for 2015 WILLA Literary Awards Capturing the Diversity of the Women’s West Honoring Books Published in 2014 *Entry deadline - February 1, 2015. *Application Fee - $50 per entry. The WILLA Literary Awards is a nationally recognized award given annually to writers for books featuring women’s or girls’ stories set in the West. Women Writing the West, a nonprofit association of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the Women’s West, underwrites and presents the awards. Only books initially published and copyrighted in 2014 (in any form) are eligible for the WILLA Literary Awards. In cases where the publication date and copyright date differ, copyright date shall prevail. Books previously released/published in ANY format (hardcover, softcover, e-book, CD, Internet download, POD, etc.) prior to 2014 are not eligible. All submissions must be made in bound hard copy form. Professional librarians select Winners and Finalists. Awards will be presented at the WWW annual conference in October, 2015. Please obtain guidelines before entering. Complete award information and guidelines (including information for books published in electronic formats) are posted for downloading on the WWW web site: www.WomenWritingtheWest.org or may be obtained by writing Women Writing the West, 8547 E. Arapahoe Rd., #J-541, Greenwood Village, CO 80112-1436. Contact WILLA Chair: Cynthia Becker at [email protected] or by telephone 719-543-4145 ** Complete one entry form per book entered ** Notate the category, author and title of each entry on checks Please provide as much contact information as possible so that we may make appropriate notifications and/or request further information for promoting our award Winners and Finalists. Title of Submission Published in 2014: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ISBN:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Submitted By:___________________________________________ Author:________________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________ Address:________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip:____________________________________________ City, State, Zip:___________________________________________________ Phone, Fax:_______________________________________________ Phone, Fax:______________________________________________________ E-Mail:__________________________________________________ E-Mail:_________________________________________________________ Publisher:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ E-Mail:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Editor:__________________________________________________ Publicist:_____________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________ Address:_______________________________________________________ City, State, Zip:____________________________________________ City, State, Zip:__________________________________________________ E-Mail:__________________________________________________ E-Mail:________________________________________________________ ** CATEGORY (please choose one – WWW reserves the right to add or delete categories or to move entries to other categories) o Contemporary Fiction o Poetry o Historical Fiction o Original Softcover Fiction (trade or mass market) o Creative Nonfiction o Children’s and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction o Scholarly Nonfiction • • • • • • • Please include the following items with the entry form for submission to be judged: o A check payable to “Women Writing the West,” $50 per entry. o THREE non-returnable copies of each book entry, postmarked no later than February 1, 2015, to: Contemporary Fiction: Cindy Sandell, 2221 Tamarisk, Plano, TX 75023 Historical Fiction: Linda Jacobs, 4972 Black Quartz Rd., Las Cruces, NM 88011 Creative Nonfiction: Kayann Short, 5169 Ute Hwy, Longmont, CO, 80503 Scholarly Nonfiction: Linda Hasselstrom, P.O. Box 169, Hermosa, SD 57744-0169 Poetry: Lisa Hase-Jackson, 940 East Estates Blvd. Apt. X. Charleston, SC, 29414 Original Softcover Fiction (trade or mass market): Betty Bauer, 14130 Slater Street, Overland Park, KS 66221 Children’s and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction: Sue McWilliams, P.O. Box 208, Lewis, CO 81327 Each book may be entered in only one category. THIS APPLICATION MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED. Women Writing the West | 21 2014 WILLA fund donors Sandra Dallas – Denver, CO Virginia Van Druten – Lafayette, CA Leslee Breene – Englewood, CO Jean A. Lukesh – Palmer, NE Nancy Bo Flood – Glenwood Springs, CO Laurel Anne Hill – Orinda, CA Diana Allen Kouris – Kinnear, WY Marcia Hensley – Westminster, CO Kaye Roll – Torrance, CA Nancy Curtis – Glendo, WY Sybil Barnes – Estes Park, CO Alice D. Trego – West Jordan, UT Jamie Lisa Forbes – Greensboro, NC Thank you to all who have donated to the WWW WILLA Fund in 2014. member focus Because of these generous donations we are able to present a monetary prize to WILLA Award Winners. Join the list! Donations of any amount are accepted throughout the year. Member Focus provides a space for Women Writing the West members to list talents and skills related to writing such as Editing Services, Speakers, Classes, Workshops, or Writing Retreats. Linda Hasselstrom Linda M. Hasselstrom, Personal retreats; comments by email. POB 169, Hermosa, SD 57744; info@ windbreakhouse.com. facebook.com/windbreakhouse C.M. Mayo C.M. Mayo is hosting Marfa Mondays: Exploring Marfa, Texas & the Big Bend in 24 Podcasts. Listen in on the website anytime! [email protected] www.cmmayo.com Kayann Short Memoir and digital storytelling workshops, individual consultation, quiet farm retreats. [email protected] www.kayannshort.com ecobiography.com 22 | 2015 Catalog of Author’s Books Heidi M. Thomas Heidi M. Thomas writing services, Substantive & Copyediting 898 Talia Way, Chino Valley, AZ 86323, (360) 391-3228 [email protected] www.heidimthomas.com Alice Trego Editing & Proofreading – Journalism Background – Editing & Critique Experience – Writing Contest Judge – References [email protected] sustaining members Arrington-Wolcott, Jann Baker, Doris Bommersbach, Jana Dallas, Sandra Downing, Andrea Duckworth, Liz Farmer, W. Michael Fitzjerrell, Karen Casey Foard, Bob Foard, Sheila Fosdick, C.J. Gunst, Laurie Hill, Laurel Anne Kirkpatrick, Jane Maine, Priscilla Massey, Cynthia Leal Morgan, Gwendolyn Nowak, Amy Olsen, Jan Falke Rickman, Sarah Rochlin, Harriet Roll, Kaye (Kathryn) Sandell, Irene (Cindy) Spencer, Kaye Trego, Alice D. Trimble, Mary E. Tweit, Susan J. Weinberg, Florence M. Weston, Julie What is a sustaining member? These members have chosen to contribute dues beyond the regular annual dues to help WWW sustain its activities for the benefit of all members. We thank them for their generosity. Index Arrington-Wolcott, Jann........ New Mexico..................Fiction.................................. 5 Baptiste,Mary Beth................. Wyoming........................Nonfiction.......................... 12 Brannon,Barbara..................... Texas..............................Fiction.................................. 4 Breene,Leslee.......................... Colorado.........................Fiction.................................. 4 Broday,Linda........................... Texas..............................Fiction.................................. 4 Crook,Elizabeth...................... Texas..............................Fiction.................................. 4 Dawdy,Arletta......................... California........................Fiction.................................. 4 Dehlinger,Ginger.................... Oregon...........................Fiction.................................. 8 Downing,Andrea.................... Nevada...........................Fiction.................................. 4 Drougas,Susie......................... Washington...................Fiction.................................. 6 Elwood-Akers,Virginia........... California........................Nonfiction.......................... 12 Farrelly,Lorrie.......................... California........................Fiction.................................. 4 Fisher,Janet............................. Oregon...........................Nonfiction.......................... 12 Foard,Sheila Wood.................. Missouri.........................Children’s/YA.................... 17 Forbes,Jamie Lisa................... North Carolina...............Fiction.................................. 4 Forecki,Marcia Calhoun......... Iowa................................Fiction................................ 10 Goeres-Gardner,Diane L........ Oregon...........................Nonfiction.......................... 14 Gooch,Margaret..................... Massachusetts..............Fiction.................................. 4 Gravett,Amron........................ Colorado.........................Nonfiction.......................... 14 Gray,Erin.................................. Colorado.........................Children’s/YA.................... 17 Grout,Judith............................ Arizona...........................Fiction.............................. 4, 6 Hasselstrom,Linda M............. South Dakota.................Member Focus.................. 22 Hendren,Anne........................ Oregon...........................Fiction.................................. 6 Hinger, Charlotte.................... Colorado.........................Fiction.................................. 6 Hinton, Tammy....................... Oklahoma.......................Fiction.............................. 6, 8 Isenberg, Jane......................... Washington...................Fiction.................................. 6 Jenner, Frances....................... Colorado.........................Children’s/YA............... 17,18 Johnston, Linda S................... Virginia...........................Nonfiction.......................... 14 Jones, Andrea......................... Colorado.........................Nonfiction.................... 14, 15 Kaelin, Celinda Reynolds....... Colorado.........................Nonfiction.......................... 15 Kirkpatrick, Jane..................... Oregon...........................Fiction.............................. 6, 7 ................................................ .......................................Nonfiction.......................... 15 Kondazian, Karen.................... California........................Fiction.............................. 6, 9 Kurtz, Mary B.......................... Colorado.........................Nonfiction.......................... 15 Lincoln, Deborah.................... Oregon...........................Fiction.................................. 6 Lipp-Acord, Darcy.................. Wyoming........................Nonfiction.......................... 15 Lohse, Joyce............................ Colorado.........................Nonfiction.......................... 15 Lynch, Kristen......................... Idaho..............................Fiction.................................. 6 Martin, Jonnie......................... Texas..............................Fiction.................................. 8 Massey, Cynthia Leal............. Texas..............................Nonfiction.......................... 15 member publishers/ agents Colophon House Mayo, C.M............................... California........................Fiction.................................. 8 ................................................ .......................................Nonfiction.......................... 16 ................................................ .......................................Anthology.......................... 18 ................................................ .......................................Member Focus.................. 22 McFadden, Roni...................... California........................Nonfiction.......................... 16 Montanye, Mary ..................... Colorado.........................Nonfiction.......................... 16 Morgan, Gwendolyn............... Washington...................Poetry................................. 18 Noonan, C.J............................. California........................Fiction.................................. 8 Nowak, Pamela....................... Colorado.........................Fiction.................................. 8 Nunn,, Susan........................... Mossouri........................Fiction.................................. 8 Nyman, Leslie......................... Massachusetts..............Fiction.................................. 8 Pashley, Ava............................ Australia.........................Fiction.................................. 8 Phillips, Joyce E...................... California........................Fiction.................................. 8 Poling-Kempes, Leslie............ New Mexico..................Fiction.............................. 8, 9 Rapaport, Diane Sward.......... Oregon...........................Nonfiction.......................... 16 Redmond, Shirley Raye.......... New Mexico..................Fiction................................ 10 Rifkin, Gini............................... Colorado.........................Fiction.................................. 9 Rocklin, Harriet....................... California........................Fiction............................ 9, 10 ................................................ .......................................Nonfiction.......................... 16 Schroeder, Anne...................... Oregon...........................Fiction.................................. 9 Sedmak, Terri.......................... Australia.........................Fiction.......................... 10, 11 Sharp, Lisa G........................... New Mexico..................Nonfiction.......................... 16 Short, Kayann.......................... Colorado.........................Nonfiction.......................... 16 ................................................ .......................................Member Focus.................. 22 Squires, Janet.......................... California........................Children’s/YA.............. 17, 18 Sternberg, Barbara.................. Colorado.........................Nonfiction.......................... 16 Sundell, Joanne....................... Colorado.........................Fiction.......................... 10, 12 Thomas, Diane........................ Colorado.........................Fiction................................ 11 Thomas, Heidi......................... Arizona...........................Fiction................................ 11 ................................................ .......................................Nonfiction.......................... 16 ................................................ .......................................Member Focus.................. 22 Trego, Alice............................. Utah................................Member Focus.................. 22 Trimble, Mary E...................... Washington...................Fiction................................ 11 Wallace, Louise Lenahan....... Washington...................Fiction................................ 11 Weston, Julie........................... Idaho..............................Nonfiction.......................... 16 Williams, Alethea.................... Wyoming........................Fiction................................ 12 Winograd, Kathryn.................. 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