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Welcome to my world of mystery novels and short stories set among the Arapahos on the Wind River Reservation. The people who move through my stories—Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden and everyone in their lives—have sprung straight from my imagination. They are, as Henry James said of his characters, my dream people. But the Arapahos and the setting are real, and you can find out about both on this website. Read the full letter...  New Wind River Novel!
Buffalo Bill's Dead NowAvailable September 4th! Vicky and Father John are back! When cartons containing regalia worn by Chief Black Heart in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show arrive at the Arapaho Museum empty, Vicky and Father John suspect Trevor Pratt, an Indian artifact collector, knows more about the theft than he's telling—a suspicion that's confirmed when they witness a car speeding from his home and he's found murdered inside. To find the killer, they must first uncover the truth about a blood feud between two Arapaho families... Read more here! 
The 10-Year Anniversary Edition of The Eagle Catcher NOW ON SPECIAL! New Short Story Collection 
The Denver Post says: "Margaret Coel is one of Colorado's most versatile writers...with "Watching Eagles Soar," she establishes herself as a master of the short story. These stories are little gems for Coel fans... not only well-crafted but rich in details." (full review here)
The first anthology of Margaret's short stories, Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and Beyond, is now available from ASAP Publishing. Featured in the 432-page anthology:
Click here for bookstores with copies of Watching Eagles Soar! Check out the flyer. Contact ASAP Publishing for your copy of Watching Eagles Soar.
LATEST NEWS Listen to Arapaho spoken by Arapaho elders on the Wind River Reservation! The Spider's Web was awarded the Hillerman Sky Award for the novel that best describes the Southwest landscape. Reading and Writing Podcast—Margaret Coel interview Centennial of Journalism at Marquette University (Margaret is featured here and here) Margaret is the recipient of the 2010 Emeritus Award "For a Lifetime of Outstanding Work," presented in October at the High Plains Book Festival in Billings, Montana. Previous recipients include Louise Erdrich. Margaret received the Frank Waters Award in April 2010 for "books that celebrate humanity and mirror the spirit and achievement of Frank Waters." A Nobel nominee who died in 1995, Waters wrote about the American West in such well-known novels as The Man Who Killed the Deer and The Woman at Otowi Crossing. The award was presented by the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District in Colorado Springs. Previous recipients are Barbara Kingsolver, Tony Hillerman, John Nichols, and Joanne Greenberg. 
Read Margaret's essay in the new anthology, An Elevated View: Colorado Writers on Writing. The essay is titled: "The Anatomy of a Story."
Look for Margaret's short story, "St. Elmo in Winter," in the recently published anthology, Ghost Towns, from Pinnacle Western Books, Kensington Publishing. A Dozen on Denver: a collection of short stories celebrating Denver, first published in The Rocky Mountain News in 2008 to mark the city's 150th anniversary. Twelve of the areas top writers were invited to contribute a short story. Margaret's story features a young mother stranded in goldrush Denver after the death of her husband, faced with the choice of returning to a confined life back East or finding a way to make a life for herself and her child in the new town of Denver. 
There was a cover feature story on Margaret in the spring edition of FIRSTS magazine. The 15-page article gives a behind-the-scenes account of the research Margaret did for each novel, including the fact that she was shot at while researching KILLING RAVEN!
Margaret's books have won the Frank Waters Award, six Colorado Book Awards, and the Willa Cather Award! Her books have also been selected for One-Book, One-Town Programs. Read more here. 
Margaret was on the cover of the Fall 2006 Mystery Scene Magazine. Click here for more information.
Margaret was one of the featured authors at the Tony Hillerman Writers Weekend in November 2010! READERS GUIDES! For audio books, check Books In Motion and go here for Recorded Books. Tony Hillerman interviewed Margaret on BookReporter.com. Margaret is also featured on David Montgomery's Crime Fiction blog as one of the Overnight Success stories. Publishers Weekly says of Coel: "Of all the writers of Native-American mysteries compared to Tony Hillerman, Coel is the one who most deserves the accolade." Read the full review... Join Margaret's Mailing List! 
SPECIAL! We have prepared a beautiful map of the Wind River Reservation area to give away free to anyone who buys Margaret's books. We don't have too many left, so get one soon if you haven't already, by sending an email to: webmaven AT xuni DOT com with WIND RIVER MAP in the subject line.
Check out these interesting articles about how Tony Hillerman inspired other writers to write about Native Americans (including Margaret, of course!).  Site design © & maintenance by xuni.com. All content © 2002-2012, Margaret Coel.
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