Author Gary Schanbacher
Books
Crossing Purgatory
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Crossing Purgatory
Reviews
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Awards
2013 Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction
2014 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Traditional Novel
Awards
2013 Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction
2014 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Traditional Novel
Migration Patterns
Reviews
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Awards
2008 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Honorable Mention
Colorado Book Award, Fiction
High Plains First Book Award
Eric Hoffer Book Award, General Fiction
Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze Medal
2008 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Honorable Mention
Colorado Book Award,
Fiction
High Plains First Book
Award
Eric Hoffer Book Award, General Fiction
Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze Medal
More About The Author
Gary Schanbacher was born in Indiana, raised in Virginia, and lives in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains outside Denver, Colorado. He was educated at Randolph-Macon College, Old Dominion University, and the University of Colorado, where he earned his PhD in Economics.
His short story collection, Migration Patterns, received a PEN/Hemingway Honorable Mention for “distinguished first works of fiction,” and won the Colorado Book Award, the High Plains First Book Award, and the Eric Hoffer General Fiction Award. His novel, Crossing Purgatory, from Pegasus Books, is called an, “intense and emotionally stirring saga,” in a starred review from Booklist. He has been a Hemingway Fellow at Ucross Foundation, served many years on the board of directors of Lighthouse Writers Workshop, a nationally recognized non-profit writing center, and was a founding partner of The Writers Block, a writing community in Denver. To contact Gary Schanbacher or to schedule an event:
garyschanbacher@gmail.com