LAS CRUCES – The Friends of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library partnered with Moonbow’s Book Nook this year for their annual September Authors Celebration – a recognition of work published by local authors.
Authors from Las Cruces and the surrounding southern New Mexico areas were selected by author and Moonbow owner Alice B. Davenport. Readers are encouraged to look at these names and titles to add some local writing to your reading list.
Lisa archer
This children’s book tells the true story of a dog who often goes to Bliss Elementary School in El Paso.
Mary Armstrong
Armstrong has lived in Las Cruces since 2010 and was quickly fascinated by the local history, according to their website. Her work is heavily influenced by the disappearance of the Col. Albert Jennings Fountain in the 19th century. Fountain was known as a lawyer representing the infamous Billy the Kid.
Nancy V. Baker
Baker is a professor emeritus in the Government Department at New Mexico State University, teaching subjects such as Constitutional Law, American Presidency, and Women and Politics. Her novels are described as thrillers set in foreign lands, with occasional romances. Her nonfiction books have been published by the Kansas University Press and are exploring the US Attorney General’s office.
Jesus Barket
Barquet is a Distinguished Achievement Professor of Spanish in the Department of Language and Linguistics at NMSU. His focus is on Hispanic literature and poetry, with many of his works written in Spanish and English.
- “Needle of different”
- “Without saying the sea”
- “Sagradas herejias
- “The Book of Heroes”
- The Book of Exiles “
- “An unbroken dream”
- “Shipwrecks”
- “No expiration date”
Darby Berryhill
Berryhill’s newly published memoir examines her early life as a “preacher child” and her subsequent recovery.
Bonnie Bostrom
As a poet and artist, Bostrom’s published works often examine the connection between the written word and the visual arts.
Judy Cicero
Cicero’s fiction explores improbable relationships – often from observations made in her work as a former social worker. She writes stories for adults and children and has even created the animated short film “Sour Grapes and Shadow”.
Myles Culbertson
Culbertson is the former executive director of the New Mexico Livestock Board. His book is a collection of stories and memoirs about life in the western United States
Alice B. Davenport
Davenport is the owner of Moonbow Alterations, which is also where Moonbow’s Book Nook is located. It introduces published authors from Las Cruces and the surrounding area.
Bob diver
Diven is known as an editorial cartoonist for the Sun News, although his art extends beyond the newspaper’s pages. He is an illustrator, paints portraits and murals and creates logo designs.
Maricela Duarte star
Duarte-Stern is originally from Mexico and has lived in New Mexico for many years. Her work for 2020 is a poetry collection in Spanish.
Christine Eber
Eber is a professor emeritus at the Institute for Anthropology at NMSU. She is a retired cultural anthropologist and has been writing poetry and short stories ever since. Her debut novel is a finalist of the International Latino Book Award for “Most Inspirierend Fiction Book”.
Elmquist analysis
Elmquist is a Las Cruces middle school student with a history of entrepreneurship. She wrote and illustrated “Cooper’s Tale” at the start of the pandemic, inspired by her dog’s reaction to having the family while staying at home orders.
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Devon Fletcher
Fletcher takes readers to the New Mexico Desert in his book, which provides hikers with information and history about the many hiking trails in the area.
Rosario “Chayo” Garcia
Garcia recently published a children’s book in which she shares her imagination with her family and her home community.
- “Lady Gwendolyn is planning a picnic”
Rachel Glickler
The two novels by the dystopian author Glickler are set in a world that is experiencing a pandemic. Ironically, the COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t started when she started the series.
LC Hayden
Hayden has published books in several series, including mysteries, thrillers, and inspirational stories.
RL Hayden
RL Hayden is the husband of LC Hayden. He writes paranormal thrillers, several of which are investigating alleged saucer crashes in the country (including Roswell).
Oren Hays
Hays’ work takes a look at the personal reconstruction that individuals face after the war.
Sara Hernandez
Hernandez is a children’s author whose works are available in both English and Spanish.
Alton Iörger
Ioerger’s debut novel is a fictional Cold War thriller based on the story by Sergeant James Witt.
Alexis D. Johnson
Fantasy is Johnson’s preferred genre. Their stories include adventures with dragons, lords, and class conflicts.
Yosef Lapid
Lapid is originally from Romania and is a former NMSU government professor. He writes children’s books about a snowman’s adventures and a little girl’s efforts to save her home in the Amazon rainforest.
Lisa Lucca
Lucca is known locally for her radio feature on KTAL-LP 101.5, where she invites artists and writers to interviews. She has her memoir, “Ashes to Ink,” which will be out in October.
Rosemary Matos
H. Clark McCaffrey
Carlos Melendrez
In “Geronimo” Melendrez takes a different perspective on the former Apache leader.
Eric Norway
Norway’s books are influenced by his own experience as a former border guard and special agent for the US Drugs Agency.
Elva Austria
George Smart
According to his website, Pintar started writing when he was 87 years old. He has published collections of short stories, his character Chile Charlie’s adventures set in New Mexico, and books that provide advice and guidance to people in the business world.
Michael Potts
Potts’ novels and short stories are set in the Wild West with characters such as Sheriff McCloud and Dusty Stevens.
Bud Russo
Russo has had a varied professional career as a technical writer, journalist, travel writer and fiction writer.
Ann C. Salmi
Samuel O. Sanchez
Sanchez’s book contains short stories from his life in Arizona and New Mexico in which he speaks only Spanish.
Larry Stocker
Frank Thayer
Thayer is a former reporter and faculty emeritus member of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at NMSU. Three of his published works are journalism textbooks.
John Philip Wilson
Wilson is a retired archaeologist and historian at the age of ten with the Museum of New Mexico. His book is a collection of real accounts from the 16th century when the Spanish and others roamed New Mexico.
Ellen Roberts Young
Young has published several volumes of poetry as well as individual poems. Her book “Lost in the Greenwood” was a finalist in the most recent National Indie Excellence Awards.
Susan Lynn Zenker
Zenker’s work includes collections of short stories, plays and poems.
Leah Romero is the trend reporter for Las Cruces Sun-News and can be reached on Twitter at 575-418-3442, [email protected] or @rromero_leah.
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