V E R S E ❦ I M A G E | With every 'being' is the potential for 'becoming'.
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author (9398) novels (1375) mystery (1238)
icon caret-right instagram pinterest linkedin facebook twitter goodreads question-circle facebook circle twitter circle linkedin circle instagram circle goodreads circle pinterest circle Valerie Nieman Home About Shop Works Events Newsletter Contact Seal of the Sir Walter Raleigh Award, the state's highest award for the novel. In the Lonely Backwater was the 2022 honoree, joining books by the state's literary luminaries including Jason Mott, Fred Chappell, Lee Smith, Charles Frazier, Lee Zacharias, and more
In an essay in the Porter House Review, I wrote about the steno notebooks that have faithfully tracked my submissions for many years.
My short-short story "Downsizing" appeared in the New Delta Review . An excerpt from In the Lonely Backwater was accepted at Kestrel magazine--always a delight to place something at a journal I helped found! Another excerpt appeared in the gorgeous O.Henry magazine.
V E R S E ❦ I M A G E | With every 'being' is the potential for 'becoming'.