Shelley Read’s debut novel, Go as a River, is an international bestseller that has sold over a million copies worldwide, has been translated into thirty-four languages, and is currently in development for film with the Mazur Kaplan Company. Winner of the High Plains Book Award, the Reading the West Book Award, and le Prix de l’Union Interalliée, Go as a River is also a Sunday Times bestseller, a Goodreads Choice Award finalist, an Amazon Editors’ Pick Best Debut, an Indie Next Pick, and a Colorado Public Radio Books We Love selection, among other national and international accolades.

Shelley taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and honors at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades. She is a mom, mountaineer, world traveler, and fifth-generation Coloradan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of Colorado’s Western Slope.

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