The Ghost of Milagro Creek is a splendid novel, rich in character and landscape, daring in form and voice.
Melanie Sumner is an abundantly talented writer who will delight any serious reader who still loves a compelling story.
Melanie Sumner is an abundantly talented writer who will delight any serious reader who still loves a compelling story.
-Robert Olen Butler
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
New Mexico springs to vivid life in The Ghost of Milagro Creek, a love story that unfolds in such compelling and unexpected ways that it left me breathless and hopeful. Melanie Sumner is a revelation, unfolding scenes that are by turns witty, sly, and heartbreakingly lovely. She weaves a multitude of voices into a thoughtful portrait of the complexities of clashing cultures and the nature of family, and yet 'Ghost' also succeeds as a riveting page turner. Book clubs, move this one to the top of your list.
What a haunting novel. Melanie Sumner has given us a new spin on the Cain and Abel story that rises to the level of a new 21st century myth. It is old, it is new, it is deep, it is riveting - I couldn't put it down. The Ghost of Milagro Creek is one of those novels you will never forget.
- Randall Kenan
Award-winning author of The Fire This Time
Award-winning author of The Fire This Time
Melanie Sumner is the award-winning author of three books of fiction: The Ghost of Milagro Creek, The School of Beauty and Charm, and Polite Society. Currently she lives in Rome, Georgia with her two children, Zoë and Rider, and teaches creative writing at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
Author Events in 2010
July 31
10:00am - 4:00pm
Workshop - DANCING WITH THE MUSE AND HAWKING HER STUFF
Rane Gallery, 214 Ledoux Street Taos, New Mexico
Saturday, August 14th
1:00 pm
Signing at Barnes & Noble in Marietta, GA
50 Barrett Parkway, Suite 1100,
Marietta, GA
Saturday, August 28
1:30
FoxTale Book Shoppe
Woodstock, Georgia
Sunday, September 5
2:30
Decatur Book Festival (City Hall Stage)
Decatur, Georgia
Saturday, November 6
Red Clay Writing Conference
Kennesaw, Georgia
10:00am - 4:00pm
Workshop - DANCING WITH THE MUSE AND HAWKING HER STUFF
Rane Gallery, 214 Ledoux Street Taos, New Mexico
Saturday, August 14th
1:00 pm
Signing at Barnes & Noble in Marietta, GA
50 Barrett Parkway, Suite 1100,
Marietta, GA
Saturday, August 28
1:30
FoxTale Book Shoppe
Woodstock, Georgia
Sunday, September 5
2:30
Decatur Book Festival (City Hall Stage)
Decatur, Georgia
Saturday, November 6
Red Clay Writing Conference
Kennesaw, Georgia
A tale of love, murder, and betrayal set in the austere beauty of northern New Mexico… Read more.
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