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.
-Robert Olen Butler
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.
-Joshilyn Jackson
NYT bestselling author of Gods in Alabama 
and Backseat Saints
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
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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 2013
Amber Dermont (author of NYT bestselling novel, The Starboard Sea). University of West Georgia library in Carrollton, GA February 28, 2013, 7:00 pm followed by a reception at Underground Books. Please come out and hear us -- I'll be reading from my new novel, How to Write a Novel (as yet unpublished.)
A tale of love, murder, and betrayal set in the austere beauty of northern New Mexico…  Read more. 
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