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Shelley Read

Shelley Read

Shelley Read Biography

Shelley Read is a fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope. She was a Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and Honors, and was a founder of the Environment & Sustainability major and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students. Shelley holds degrees in writing and literary studies from the University of Denver and Temple University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal, and has written for the Denver Post and a variety of publications.

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    Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of six works of fiction, including American Salvage, finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Once Upon a River, a national bestseller. The ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Go as a River

    Try:
    Once Upon a River
    by Bonnie Jo Campbell

  • Terah Shelton Harris

    Terah Shelton Harris

    Terah Shelton Harris is an author, librarian, and former freelance writer who now writes upmarket fiction with bittersweet endings. Her novels to date are One Summer in Savannah (July 2023) and Long After We Are Gone (May ... (more)

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    Long After We Are Gone
    by Terah Shelton Harris

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