Peggy Simson Curry is the author of four novels, a textbook on
creative writing, two books of poetry, and numerous articles and
short stories, two of which won Western Writers of America Gold
Spur Awards for best short fiction of the year. She was inducted
into the Western Writers of America Hall of Fame in 1997.
Born in Scotland and raised on a mountain ranch in Colorado, she
spent her adult life in Wyoming where she was named the state’s
first Poet Laureate in 1980. She was Wyoming Bicentennial
Commission Chairman in 1976 and chosen as Wyoming Citizen of the
Century in the fine arts category in 1999.
A frequent lecturer at writers conferences, she taught creative
writing for more than twenty years at Casper College.
“Digs deeply into the raw material of human emotion. One becomes
absorbed in these people, so intensely human in their faults and
weaknesses, so immensely vital in their passion for life.”
--NEW YORK TIMES (1956)
"Downright stirring, superbly told."--Denver Post
“Vigorously real, a love story out of the heart of America”
--NEW YORK JOURNAL-AMERICAN (1956)
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