SunLit Interviews
An inheritance of diaries and documents led to a 10-year journey that produced “WWI Crusaders”
Author Jeffrey B. Miller's grandparents played important roles in an underappreciated chapter of World War I history, as U.S. aid workers helped avert mass starvation in Belgium
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Amid tipsy Santas and smartphones, author saw need for urgent message on dealing with disaster
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Fascination with legends, curses and ghost stories — and the truth behind them — inspired “The Past Is Never”
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How the 2003 Iraq war led a Colorado author to write a novel about the War of 1812
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After growing up in proximity to military contamination, author felt moved to examine how lands were converted to wildlife refuge
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Colorado author Karen Auvinen was often asked why she chose to live alone in the mountains. She wrote the answer.
The experience of writing about her time in the mountains helped her see how she was "rooted in landscape" and "to see that I have a place after all"
After his sister’s death, Adam Cayton-Holland found writing helped him with the “chaotic jumble” of life
In exploring old emails, texts and papers to write "Tragedy Plus Time," Adam Cayton-Holland felt like he was given another chance to spend time with his sister
A Colorado author sought to add context to the Gold King Mine disaster. What he found was unexpected.
"Piecing together the history of the Gold King Mine was especially interesting, because it hadn’t really been done before," Jonathan Thompson said
SunLit interview: A Colorado investment adviser’s clients asked him what book he’d recommend. So he wrote it.
Chad Gordon's "Wealth by Virtue" acknowledges the "numbers" world and the "real" world -- and offers financial guidance for both
Desire to fill void in young adult fiction led Colorado author to focus on characters of color in lighthearted plots
Happy optimism counterbalances the stress of familial expectations in Sandhya Menon's "When Dimple Met Rishi"
Research for “Soul Food” led author to tales of African-Americans at work on White House cuisine
Adrian Miller found that while African American chefs cooked for every president, their stories remained largely untold
SunLit interview: Environmental crisis, devastating violent acts of a shared history propelled poet Camille Dungy
The CSU professor's collection "Trophic Cascade" explores "the overlap between the human world and the greater than human world"
SunLit interview: She finished her autobiography on her 75th birthday, thanks to her husband’s “bucket list”
Author Joan C. Lieberman tells the wrenching story of growing up with a mother who had paranoid schizophrenia. She couldn't bring herself to re-read her first draft describing the time her mother tried to kill her.
SunLit: Author drew inspiration for novel from dream flirtation, real-life bone cancer battle
It took 10 years, and a lot of "cry-typing," for Sara Jade Alan to bring her young adult fiction to life
