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Sharon Niederman is an award winning Southwestern author, journalist and photographer who lives in Raton, New Mexico. She teaches writing and Southwestern Literature at Trinidad State Junior College, where she is director of the Writing Center.
Sharon’s first novel, Return to Abo, was released by University of New Mexico Press in February, 2005. Inspired by stories she has collected from New Mexico ranch women and rooted in two decades of writing on the history, culture, environment, art, agriculture, lifeways and cuisine of the Southwest, this novel celebrates the traditions of rural life. “Return to Abo is about a small town in southeastern New Mexico that can’t decide if it wants to live or die,” the author says. “It is a contemporary novel about three generations of women living on a small ranch who are struggling to make peace with each other and with the land.” "Return to Abo" was named a 2006 Willa Award Finalist by Women Writing the West.
One of the region’s most prolific freelancer writers, Niederman’s work frequently appears in Sunset Magazine, New Mexico Magazine and the Santa Fe New Mexican. She is a columnist for Sage Magazine of the Albuquerque Journal and a regular contributor to the Albuquerque Journal's Food Page. She is the author and editor of several books on Southwest culture. Sharon's impressive résumé includes a stint as the former arts editor of the Santa Fe Reporter, a writer for New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance and the New Mexico Beef Council. She is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, the Silver Spurs CowBelles and served on the board of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, as well as the board of New Mexico Press Women. She has written the text of two traveling museum exhibits, Ranch Women of New Mexico and Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico.
Read a review of her newest travel guide, New Mexico: An Explorer's Guide in the April 2009 edition of New Mexico Magazine. Her next book, NEW MEXICO FOOD TRADITIONS, is due out from New Mexico Magazine Press, Spring, 2010.
Follow Sharon's adventures on her blog...embracingthenorth.wordpress.com.
Email Sharon: sherites@swcp.com
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