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Margaret Coel's mystery novels and short stories are set among the Arapahos on the Wind River Reservation. The people who move through her stories?Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden and everyone in their lives?have, she tells Claudia Cragg, sprung straight from her 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 in my novels. " Listen to the full interview which also discusses the author's most recent work, THE DROWNING MAN, the newest Wind River mystery.
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Piece Description
Margaret Coel's mystery novels and short stories are set among the Arapahos on the Wind River Reservation. The people who move through her stories?Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden and everyone in their lives?have, she tells Claudia Cragg, sprung straight from her 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 in my novels. " Listen to the full interview which also discusses the author's most recent work, THE DROWNING MAN, the newest Wind River mystery.
Broadcast History
This was a live interview in Boulder at The Laughing Goat which aired on KGNU Boulder 88.5 FM, 1390 AM Denver on October 17th, 2006.
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