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Margaret Coel (born October 11, 1937, in
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) is an American historian and mystery writer who lives in
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. Coel is a fourth-generation Coloradan and grew up in Denver. She graduated in journalism from
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in 1960 and worked on the ''
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''. Coel has received six
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and one
WILLA Literary Award WILLA Literary Award honors outstanding literature featuring women's stories, set in the Western United States, published each year. Women Writing the West (WWW), a non-profit association of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the ...
.


Wind River Mysteries

This series—20 books published from 1995 to 2016—is set in Wyoming's
Wind River Reservation The Wind River Indian Reservation, in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, is shared by two Native American tribes, the Eastern Shoshone ( shh, Gweechoon Deka, ''meaning: "buffalo eaters"'') and the Northern Arapaho ( arp, h ...
and adjacent towns. The story lines are based on actual crimes and injustices. Vicky Holden, an
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lawyer, and Father John O'Malley, a
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priest, collaborate to solve these crimes and rectify these injustices.


Works

* ''Chief Left Hand''. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1988. . * ''Goin' Railroading: Two Generations of Colorado Stories as told by Sam Speas''. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1985. /978-0-87081-497-6. * ''The Eagle Catcher''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 1995 * ''The Ghost Walker''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1996 * ''The Dream Stalker''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 1997 * ''The Story Teller''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1998 * ''The Lost Bird''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1999 * ''The Spirit Woman''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2000 * ''The Thunder Keeper''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2001 * ''The Shadow Dancer''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2002 * ''Killing Raven''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2003 * ''Wife of Moon''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2004 * ''Eye of Wolf''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2005 * ''The Drowning Man''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2006 * ''The Girl with Braided Hair''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2007 * ''Blood Memory''. A Catherine McLeod book. 2008 * ''The Silent Spirit''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2009 * ''The Spider's Web''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2010 * ''The Perfect Suspect''. A Catherine McLeod book. 2011 * ''Buffalo Bill's Dead Now''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2012 * ''Killing Custer''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2013 * ''Night of the White Buffalo''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2014 * ''The Man Who Fell from the Sky''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2015 * ''Winter's Child''. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2016, final book in the Wind River Reservation series.''Winter's Child'' Q & A on the Author's website
Accessed 18 September 2017.


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Author's home page
Accessed 10 March 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Coel, Margaret 1937 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American mystery writers American women novelists Marquette University alumni Novelists from Colorado Women mystery writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers