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Total in Set: 8
Patton, F. Lee
Address:
832 S. Pearl St., Denver, CO 80209-4222
Pseudonyms:
Casey Nelson (first novel only)
Specialties:
Novels, short fiction, drama, poetry, non-fiction
Skills & Media:
website commentary, magazine writing
Books:
Nothing Gold Can Stay; Love and Genetic Weaponry: The Beginner's Guide
Periodicals:
Rocky Mountain News; Douglas County News-Press; Threepenny Review; Massachusetts Quarterly; Hawaii Pacific Review
Online Credit:
Op-Ed News; Travelmag; Long Trip Home; Demand Studios (Trails.com)
Other Credits:
Teachers Are Researchers; many poetry anthologies and literary quarterlies
Memberships:
Wild Connections; Amnesty International; Oxfam America
Awards/Honors:
CAL Fiction Award 2006; Borderlands Playwrights Prize; Ashland New Playwrights; Hawaii Pacific Review Best of Decade
Skills & Media:
children's magazines, picture books, school and conference presentations
Books:
The Giant King (child and Family Press, 2003) Inventor McGregor (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006,Magnus Maximus, A Marvelous Measurer, 2010, and Raj, the Bookstore Tiger, 2010
Awards/Honors:
Colorado Book Award winner in Children's literature for Inventor McGregor, 2007, also a Bank Street Best book for 2007
Address:
38 Benthaven Place., Boulder, CO 80305
Specialties:
children's fiction, nonfiction, poetry, adult nonfiction
Skills & Media:
magazine writing, book reviews, school workshops
Books:
Mr. Crumb's Secret, The Secret of the Silver Key, The Secrets of the Rock, The Secrets of the Sea Chest, A Kid's Look at Colorado, Colorado Fun, It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park, Keeping the Traditions, The Alien, the Giant, & Rocketman, The Case of the Three-Legged Buffalo, The Case of the Hidden Masterpiece, Sounds Around Us: Poems to Tickle Kids' Ears, Teaching Fantasy Novels, Exploring Our Country's History, Science Fair Success with Plants, Myths Legends & Tales, Ten Tall Tales, Getting Started in Science Fairs, Trains, Soaring, Bats-The Amazing Upside-Downers, Ballooning, Armor to Venom, The Snow Cats, Crocodilians, The Fiddle Hoppers, Sea Stars & Dragons, Freshwater Giants, Buffalo, Crafty Canines, Animals Under the Ground,Animals That Hibernate, 365 Science Projects & Activities, Boardsailing, The Musical ABC, A Field Guide to Ocean Animals,Images of America--Rocky Mountain National Park,
Periodicals:
Child Life, Humpty Dumpty,
Library Sparks
Awards/Honors:
Three Colorado Authors' League Top Hand Awards, 2008 Harvery Award, The Art of Music Award
Specialties:
Young adult, children's books
Books:
grl2grl: short fictions (Little, Brown),
Rage: A Love Story (Knopf),
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead (Hyperion)
Between Mom and Jo
Far from Xanadu
Luna
Keeping You a Secret
Define "Normal"
Memberships:
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, PEN America, CAL, the Authors Guild
Awards/Honors:
National Book Award Finalist
ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Borders Original Voices
California Young Reader Medal
Lambda Literary Award
Amelia Bloomer Booklist
Rainbow Reads
Address:
5996 S. Fairfax Court, Centennial, CO 80121
Specialties:
Western history, fiction, poetry
Books:
Walking in Two Worlds: Mixed- Blood Indian Woman Seeking Their Path;
People of the Moonshell; People of the Troubled Water;
People of the Old Missury;
The Women Who Made the Headlines;
Writing, Inc. contributor;
The Way West (Anthology)
Periodicals:
American History magazine;
Persimmon Hill;
Wild West;
Reader's Digest
Memberships:
Authors Guild;
Western Writers of America;
National League of American Pen Women - Denver Branch;
Colorado Authors League;
Denver Woman's Press Club
Awards/Honors:
WWA Spur Award + Spur Award Finalist;
Colorado Authors League Top hand Award - 2;
Denver Woman's Press Club: 2007 non-fiction, article + memoir
Address:
439 Ranch Road, Ward, CO 80481
Specialties:
Narrative nonfiction, true crime, biography, Colorado history
Books:
Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe; Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters;
Positively Pearl Street;
Boulder Evolution of a City;
Separate Lives (Mary Rippon);
and several others.
Awards/Honors:
Colorado Book Award Finalist
Address:
401 Aspen Place, Golden, CO 80403
Specialties:
screenplays, nonfiction books, food writing, magazines, scripts, newsletters, brochures
Books:
Rise & Dine: Breakfast in Denver & Boulder,
The Gyros Journey: Affordable Ethnic Eateries Along the Front Range,
Take 30: The First Three Decades of the Denver International Film Festival
Memberships:
Denver Woman's Press Club,
Lighthouse Writers,
Denver Film Festival
Awards/Honors:
Top Hand Award,
Denver Woman's Press Club Inhouse Writing Contests,
Top 20% in Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest
Address:
16380 Handies Way, Broomfield, CO 80023
Awards/Honors:
2009 CAL Top Hand Finalist Award
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