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Cemetery reenactment hooked Silvia Pettem on tracking missing persons

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 24, 20235:41 PM MDT on Sep 17, 2023

Silvia Pettem’s fascination with women who had disappeared into history led to her research for “In Search of the Blonde Tigress.”

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Melissa Payne uses small towns to explore and explode stereotypes

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 17, 20234:24 PM MDT on Sep 9, 2023

Melissa Payne’s novel “A Light in the Forest” began with a single character who ultimately pulled the author in an unanticipated direction.

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Pete Carlson wrapped a cartel thriller around the enduring theme of family

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 10, 20236:15 PM MDT on Sep 4, 2023

In “Deep Waters of Destiny,” author Pete Carlson explores one character’s discovery of his biological family — which the author based on a true story.

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Sandra Dallas suddenly found interest in her Spanish Flu novel — amid COVID

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Sep 3, 202311:19 AM MDT on Aug 26, 2023

When author Sandra Dallas sent “Little Souls” off to her agent several years ago, nobody cared. Finally, amid COVID, she got a call: “Remember that manuscript…?”

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Chuck Greaves missed his protagonist’s wiseacre voice. “The Chimera Club” gave it back.

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Aug 27, 20234:17 PM MDT on Aug 25, 2023

Chuck Greaves missed his protagonist from his mystery series, and so the latest Jack MacTaggart novel was born. Not exactly L.A. Noir, Greaves sets it in the evocative locale of the city’s Chinatown.

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John Giordanengo turned a business school revelation into research on two global systems

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Aug 20, 20236:36 PM MDT on Aug 13, 2023

The Occupy Wall Street movement and the Great Recession nudged author John Giordanengo to look at “Ecosystems As Models for Restoring Our Economies.”

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Aimie K. Runyan found a nugget in research that inspired its own novel

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Aug 13, 20235:27 PM MDT on Aug 6, 2023

Author Aimie K. Runyan’s shocking discovery while looking into Nazi wedding traditions created the framework for her novel “The School for German Brides.”

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As Christina Holbrook delivered her novel to her agent, a brain tumor changed everything

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Aug 6, 20231:48 PM MDT on Aug 1, 2023

Novelist Christina Holbrook’s romance “All the Flowers of the Mountain” eventually would win a Colorado Book Award. But she didn’t have time to play the publishing game.

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Poets wondered: Is motherhood the enemy of art-making?

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Jul 30, 202312:49 PM MDT on Jul 24, 2023

Is motherhood the enemy of art-making? A writing panel brought Emily Pérez and Nancy Reddy together — and the duo soon began “The Long Devotion,” a years-long anthology project to explore this and more.

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Will Betke-Brunswick drew on small moments for story of unconditional love

by Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book 2:10 AM MDT on Jul 23, 202311:47 AM MDT on Jul 24, 2023

Will Betke-Brunswick’s graphic memoir “A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings” juxtaposes their mother’s humor amid an ultimately fatal illness while also examining “messy life happening”

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