2005 WWW Catalog - Women Writing the West

Catalog of Authors’ Books
2007 - Volume 16
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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.
2006 Board of Directors
Jane Kirkpatrick – President
Jacque Boyd – President-Elect
Jan Olsen – Secretary
Priscilla Maine – Treasurer
Melanie Chrismer – VP Marketing
Cynthia Becker – VP Conference
Sarah Byrn Rickman – Past President
Staff
Joyce Lohse – Administrator
Vella Munn/Priscilla Maine – Listserve Coordinators
Gwyn Ramsey – Membership
Anne Nelson – Accountant
Alice Trego – Newsletter Editor
Mary Trimble – Assistant Newsletter Editor
Donna Druchunas – Web Manager
The term “Women’s West” 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.
Women Writing the West
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Table of Contents
About Women Writing the West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate Member Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Founding Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Member Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Member Publishers/Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sustaining Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
WILLA Fund Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
WILLA Award 2006 & 2005 Winners & Finalists . . 11
WILLA Award 2007 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Women Writing the West Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Anthology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fiction
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Mystery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Romance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Juvenile
Picture Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Middle Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Nonfiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Young Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Nonfiction
General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specialty Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Index (by category and author) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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CLEARY, RITA
Calling the Wind
ISBN 1-59414-153-3
CURTIS, NANCY (Editor)
(With co-editors Linda Hasselstrom and Gaydell Collier)
Crazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West
ISBN 0-618-24933-8
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin
153 western women write lively, enduring, urgent, heartfelt and
always true essays and poems that celebrate community connections built or strengthened by women that unveil a
new West. www.highplainspress.com
Five Star Western
John Collins and the explorers must return over the same
mountains that almost killed them. What must be each man’s
fears, longings and expectations? www.ritacleary.com
Charbonneau’s Gold (A Lewis and Clark Story)
ISBN 0-8439-5511-2
Leisure Books
In this sequel to River Walk, French-Canadian trapper, Toussaint
Charbonneau signs on to the expedition and becomes the
greatest threat. www.ritacleary.com
ELLIOTT, DIANE
Strength of Stone: The Journal of Electa Bryan Plumer,
1862-1863
ISBN 0-7627-2464-1 Hardcover
ISBN 0-7627-2463-3 Paperback
General
CLARK, LAVERNE HARRELL
Keepers of the Earth: A Novel
ISBN 0-938317-28-8
Cinco Puntos Press
A rich brew of a novel…intricately interwoven, full of hoodoo
and Texas lore, the story of a family torn apart by greed. Winner:
1998 Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer’s Award
for “Best First Novel.”
TwoDot Imprint/Globe Pequot Press
Diane Elliott has so completely captured the experience of
settling Montana in the 1860s as seen through the eyes of Electa
that it is hard to believe this is fiction. http://delliott.org
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KIRKPATRICK, JANE
LONG, ELAINE
A Clearing in the Wild: Book One in the Change and
Cherish Series
ISBN 1-57856-733-5
WaterBrook Press/Random House
Based on a true story. Emma Wagner seeks a singular voice in her
1850s Missouri religious community. When she’s sent west with
nine male scouts, her life is changed forever. www.jkbooks.com
A Land of Sheltered Promise
ISBN: 1-57856-733-5
WaterBrook Press/Random House
Spur Award Finalist: Over a century, three women seekers on an
infamous Oregon ranch discover that the gifts of faith, hope and
charity are as tangible as river and rock. www.jkbooks.com
All Together in One Place
ISBN 1-57856-232-5
WaterBrook Press/Random House
Based on an 1852 diary. Eleven wagons of women find courage
and community on the Oregon Trail. First in three-book Kinship
and Courage Series by best-selling and Wrangler-winning author.
www.jkbooks.com
A Name of Her Own
ISBN 1-57856-499-9
WaterBrook Press/Random House
BookSense 76 bestseller. First in Tender Ties Historical series
about the only woman in the Astor overland expedition of 1811.
Marie Dorion, with two sons, encounters Sacagawea. “A truly
fine novel.” – Denver Post. www.jkbooks.com
Bear Ridge: A Novel
ISBN 0-8263-3742-2
University of New Mexico Press
Work with live bears and anguish over those who die during the
project help members of a bear-study team learn to control
personal conflicts and focus on scientific data.
LYON, SUZANNE
A Heart for Any Fate
ISBN 1-59414-329-3
Five Star/Thomson Gale
Against the backdrop of war, a nation moving west, and
forbidden love, Hannah Cole seeks to tame the Missouri Frontier.
“…evokes with gripping realism time, place and pioneer hearts.”
– Jeanne Williams. www.suzannelyon.com
MASSEY, CYNTHIA LEAL
The Caballeros of Ruby, Texas
ISBN 0-9718361-1-6
Panther Creek Press
Don Miguel Caballero’s world has begun to unravel. His
daughters give their versions of the disintegration of an idyllic
way of life. 2003 WILLA Finalist Award, Best Original Softcover.
www.cynthialealmassey.com
Fire Lilies
ISBN 1-59109-250-7
Booksurge, LLC
Two sisters struggle to survive the 1910 Mexican Revolution.
Winner: Best Romance, 2002 Independent E-book Awards;
Finalist: Best Historical Novel, 2002 EPIC Awards.
www.cynthialealmassey.com
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The First Lady of Dos Cacahuates
(Desert Dwellers Trilogy, Book 2)
RICKMAN, SARAH BYRN
Flight from Fear
ISBN 1-58444-273-5 Paper
ISBN 0-9741349-3-7 Hardcover
ISBN 0-9741349-1-0 Softcover
Disc-Us Books, Inc.
Finalist: 2003 WILLA Literary Awards, Original Softcover. A
novel about the WASPs — the women pilots of WWII.
Adventure and romance in the skies over wartime America.
www.disc-us.com/srickman.htm
“Rochlin delivers enough period charm, crackling storytelling
and priceless details to satisfy devotees of Wild West lore and
Jewish history.” – Publishers Weekly. www.rochlin-roots-west.com
On Her Way Home
(Desert Dwellers Trilogy, Book 3)
ROCHLIN, HARRIET
Desert Dwellers Trilogy
ISBN 0-9741349-6-1
Roots West Press
This packaged trilogy tracks Frieda from a San Francisco kosher
boardinghouse to an adobe on the Arizona-Sonora border.
Twelve exhilarating, excruciating years teach her where and with
whom she belongs. www.rochlin-roots-west.com
The Reformer’s Apprentice: A Novel of Old San Francisco
(Desert Dwellers Trilogy, Book 1)
ISBN 0-9741349-2-9
Roots West Press
Roots West Press
ISBN 0-9741349-4-5 Hardcover
ISBN 0-9741349-0-2 Softcover
Roots West Press
“A fascinating tale of the Old West from a Jewish perspective.
Rochlin’s expertise in early Arizona life will appeal to all western
aficionados.” – Booklist, American Library Association.
www.rochlin-roots-west.com
SANDELL, IRENE
In a Fevered Land
“In her nimble, well-researched narrative, Rochlin combines a
romance with a colorful recreation of Jewish life in the American
West.” – Publishers Weekly. www.rochlin-roots-west.com
ISBN 1-57168-765-3
Sunbelt/Eakin
In 1928, Lon Prather leaves the family farm for the lure of
6 dollars a day in the oil fields. Follow this sweeping tale of love,
regret, and power through the historic oil-boom towns of Texas.
SNELLING, LAURAINE
A Promise For Ellie
ISBN 0-76422-809-9
Bethany House Publishers
Return to Blessing, North Dakota. Andrew Bjorklund has always
promised to marry Ellie Wold. Will violence prevent him from
keeping his vow? A Promise For Ellie available August 2006.
www.laurainesnelling.net
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Dear Mrs. Kirkpatrick,
It has been a long time since I have enjoyed a book as much as A Sweetness to
the Soul. I have just started Love to Water My Soul, and once again I am filled
with such feelings—it must be joy, with a bit of sadness. I only know it is
overwhelming. How can I thank you for writing books that I not only will
ISBN 0-88070-765-8
ISBN 1-57673-293-2
read but will make a difference in the way I lead my life? Thank you.
ISBN 1-57673-082-4
Multnomah® Publishers
ISBN 0-88070-938-3
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Keeping Your Trust…One Book at a Time™
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SNELLING, LAURAINE, CONT.
The Brushstroke Legacy
ISBN 1-57856-789-0
Waterbrook Press
Ragni’s art was denied. Nilda’s…forbidden. Erika’s…hidden.
Three generations of women discover that God’s gifts are
powerful enough to speak across the centuries. Discover The
Brushstroke Legacy. www.laurainesnelling.net
STEIN, LUCINDA
Maggie’s Way: The Story of a Defiant Pioneer Woman
ISBN 1-932738-21-5
Western Reflections Publishing
Based on early Colorado’s colorful women. Feisty Maggie
O’Malley finds adventure as a mule skinner in the treacherous
San Juan Mountains. www.lucindastein.com
VAN PELT, LORI
Pecker’s Revenge and Other Stories from the Frontier’s Edge
ISBN: 0-8263-3493-8
University of New Mexico Press
Contains “Pecker’s Revenge,” winner, 2006 Western Writers of
America Spur Award for Best Short Fiction, and 13 more stories
of the struggles and conflicts of the nineteenth century frontier.
www.lorivanpelt.com
WEATHERFORD, JOYCE
Heart of the Beast
ISBN 0-7432-1179-0
Scribner/Simon and Schuster
Part romance, mystery, courtroom drama, and American history,
this is a family saga of epic power and importance.
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WERKLEY, VICKI HESSEL
Girl-On-Fire
ISBN 1-58436-400-9
Haven Books
Through the eyes of an abductee, a fresh vision of Comanche
culture and the women’s community before surrender to the
reservation. “Adult book recommended for teens.” – School
Library Journal 01/2000. www.starwerks.com
WILDE, JEANNE WILKINS
Lavinia
ISBN 0-595-35587-0
iUniverse
WITMER, KARYN
ISBN 0-553-58425-1
Dell
WOODLAND, DEWEY
ISBN 1-4137-6475-4
ISBN 1-59058-262-4 Hardcover
ISBN 1-59058-263-2 Large Print
Poisoned Pen Press
“Set in the summer of 1880, Parker’s outstanding Second Silver
Rush mystery … finds her heroine, Inez Stannert, corset-deep in
the intrigues of Leadville, Colo.” – starred review, Publishers
Weekly. www.annparker.net
Silver Lies
A Literary Guild Alternate, A Simple Gift tells the story of a
family in crisis, a tradition practiced for generations, and a
mother’s determination to bring everyone together for Christmas.
www.elizabethgrayson.com
Hoof Beats
PARKER, ANN
Iron Ties
From 1841-1923, Lavinia must adapt to the different ways of life
each time she moves, from Virginia to Iowa, New Mexico,
Colorado, and California.
A Simple Gift
Mystery
Publish America
Hoof Beats is a fast-paced story of Tracy Holly, a horse trainer
who triumphs over abuse and hardship and goes on to import
and train an exotic breed of horse, and find love.
www.deweywoodland.com
ISBN 1-59058-278-0 Trade Paperback
1-59058-084-2 Large Print
Poisoned Pen Press
“Parker tells a gripping tale of love, greed and murder in the
Old West with a cast of convincing, larger-than-life characters.”
– starred review, Publishers Weekly. www.annparker.net
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