Articles By Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book
Colorado author’s plans to write a travel memoir took a tragic turn, sent her on a different journey
What Michele Morris initially thought would be a personal story for herself and her family grew into a project she hopes will help others on similar journeys
Denied Cherokee citizenship, Colorado author Courtney Miller still yearned to preserve tribal culture in his writing
The author's extensive research into Native American culture -- especially Cherokee -- has produced two series of novels, plus a genre he dubbed "geezer lit"
How organizing an archive ignited a fascination that became a Colorado author’s historical novel
As a young Colorado Historical Society volunteer, Ellen Kingman Fisher learned about mining innovator and Colorado politician Nathaniel Hill. Her interest endured.
The internment camp story has been told — but these Colorado authors examined what happened after
Denny Dressman and the late John Elliff had collaborated before on World War II history. This time they told the stories of Japanese Americans who built amazing lives after the camps.
Jodi Bowersox chose an interesting partner for collaboration: a character from one of her earlier books
She altered her own literary voice and dialed up the humor to match her fictitious co-author -- and even gave her top billing
Here’s how “The Martian” — and a chat with a super-agent — propelled a Colorado author to craft his novel
After experimenting with attempts to write a compelling beginning, Todd Fahnestock waited years for the inspiration to expand it. Finally, it arrived.
This Colorado poet found inspiration in everything around her — even cactus spines — to assemble “Naked for Tea”
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer explores vulnerability and "the invitation to say yes to the world as it is" in her latest collection
Could two authors in scientific fields make the switch to writing fiction? And could they do it together?
Those were the questions facing longtime couple Carl and Jane Bock as they retired from academia and turned their attention to mysteries
Earning the trust of a heroic woman World War II pilot proved challenging for a Colorado author
Sarah Byrn Rickman has spent 30 years chronicling the lives and aviation careers of the unsung WASP pilots. This no-nonsense character was different.
