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Margaret Coel has written sixteen mystery novels set on and near the Wind River Indian Reservation in Montana and featuring Father John O'Malley and lawyer Vicky Holden, plus several other books and many articles; she lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Five Margaret Coel novels have received the Colorado Book Award.
THE SPIRIT WOMAN received the Willa Cather Award for Best Novel of the West
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Wind River Reservation Mystery Series
featuring Father John O'Malley and lawyer Vicky Holden
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"The Eagle Catcher" [1995]
"The Ghost Walker" [1996]
"The Dream Stalker" [1997]
"The Story Teller" [1997]
"The Lost Bird" [#5 = 1999]
"The Spirit Woman" [2000]
received the Willa Cather Award for Best Novel of The West
"The Thunder Keeper" [2001]
"The Shadow Dancer" [2002]
"Killing Raven" [2003]
"Wife of Moon" [#10 = 2004]
"Eye of The Wolf" [2005]
"The Drowning Man" [2006]
"The Girl With Braided Hair" [2007]
"The Silent Spirit" [2009]
"The Spider's Web" [#15 = 2010]
"Buffalo Bill's Dead Now" [#16 = 2012]
http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Bills-River-Reservation-Mystery/dp/042525271X/
"Killing Custer" [#17 = 2013]
"Night of The White Buffalo" [#18 = 2014]
"The Man Who Fell From The Sky" [#19 = 2015]
"Winter's Child" [final/#20 = 2016] 
Other Works by Margaret Coel
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"Chief Left Hand: Southern Arapaho" [1981]
 | Award-winning biography of Chief Left Hand [c1825-1864], whose Indian name was Niwot; he took a peacable attitude toward the many whites moving into Colorado, but was among those massacred at Sand Creek under orders of Colorado Territorial Governor John A. Evans
Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 pb [3/88] for $14.96 Univ Oklahoma Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/1981] out of print/used Chief Niwot entry at Wikipedia |
"The Tivoli: Bavaria In The Rockies (Discovering Historic Colorado)" [1985]
Colorado & West 7¾x5pb [1985] out of print/used
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"Goin' Railroading: Two Generations of Colorado Stories" [1985]
 | Memoir-history of railroading in Colorado co-written by Samuel F. Speas and his daughter Margaret Coel; Speas was an engineman on the Colorado & Southern Railway; hardcover subtitle "A Century On The Colorado High Iron"
Univ Press of Colorado 9x6 pb [11/98] for $21.95 Pruett Publng 9x6 pb [10/91] out of print/used Pruett Publng 9x9¾ hardcover [1985] out of print/used see also the Colorado Railroads Links Pages |
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"Blood Memory" [CM #1 = 2008]
"The Perfect Suspect" [CM #2 = 2011]
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"Watching Eagles Soar: Stories From The Wind River and Beyond" [2013]
 | Illustrated by Phil Parks, Introduction by Craig Johnson The first collection of Margaret Coel's short stories Kindle Edition from Penguin Publng [7/2013] for $11.99 Berkley Trade 9x6 pb [7/2013] for $10.98 |
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