New Mexico Authors

Los Lunas school teacher and poet with several published chapbooks.

Albuquerque. Author of children's books translated into Spanish, including Benito's Bizcochitos and Benito's Sopaipillas and Tia's Tamales. Author of Mama Fela's Girls, a novel about life in rural New Mexico during the Great Depression.

Northern New Mexico. Writer of article and short stories for numerous anthologies and online literary magazines. Author of several books including El Hermano, a novel about Penitentes.

Architectural historian, former member of the Governor's Humanities Council. Author/co-author of several works about New Mexican architectural style, including Native American Style and Rio Grande High Style and Mabel's Santa Fe and Taos : Bohemian legends, 1900-1950.

New Mexico native. Poet, author of many works and collections including Martín ; &, Meditations on the South Valley and Black Mesa Poems.

Isleta Pueblo/Mescalero Apache descent. Born in Arizona, raised and educated in New Mexico and California. Received a Master of Arts in 1986 from UCLA in American Indian Studies. Visual, literary, and performing artist; has appeared on television and feature films and does various work as a voice artist including narration and voice overs. Featured in Neon Pow-wow : new Native American voices of the Southwest.

Born in Albuquerque, then of San Antonio Texas. Influential Tex-Mex musician and bandleader; founder of the Texmaniacs. Author of Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music.

Born in Albuquerque, raised in Bernalillo. Degrees in Science. Author of Brotherhood of the Light: A novel about the Penitentes and the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico.

Longtime educator, professor at UNM. Author of Educational reform in New Mexico : Tireman, San José, and Nambé and several novels including Sweet By and By which is set in New Mexico.

Owner of a bookstore in Taos. Member of the D.H. Lawrence Society of North America; adjunct English professor at UNM-Taos. Author of D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico : "the time is different there". Co-author, with Nita Murphy and Judith Nasse, of Millicent Rogers: A Life in Full..

(1923-2015) AKA: Andrea Bacigalupa. Santa Fe, co-owner of an art studio. Author of several works including Santos and Saints' Days and Journal of an Itinerant Artist and Seven Carols, Seven Gifts : Christmas stories for all ages.

Nuclear physicist formerly with Los Alamos National Laboratory, photographer. Writer of articles for periodicals including New Mexico Magazine, Food Network Magazine, and the Huffington Post.

Author of thrillers, including The Pythagorean Solution and The Nostradamus Secret and Terror Cell; author of a mystery series about New Mexico homicide detectives Barbara Lassiter and Susan Martinez.

Albuquerque. Author of the novel Story of My Life, set in England.

(1907-1996) Archie John Bahm. Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. Organized the Albuquerque Chapter of the Southwestern Regional American Humanist Association; one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto. Organizer, past president, and past secretary-treasurer of the New Mexico Philosophical Society. Author of numerous works and commentaries on philosophy including Philosophy: an introduction and The Philosopher's World Model and the Directory of American Philosophers.

Sometimes as Miriam. (1863-1948) Naturalist. Author of many nature guides, especially on birds, including Birds of New Mexico written for the NM Dept. of Game and Fish.

(1869-1954) Pioneer in New Mexico with influence on the development of the Mesilla Valley. Started the first nursery in the Valley and provided trees to what would become New Mexico State University. Developed a swimming pool and the Angelus Hotel in El Paso, then developed the Radium Springs resort. Author of his autobiography When New Mexico Was Young, which shares his encounters with many New Mexico notables of the time including Pat Garrett and Albert J. Fountain. Close friend with writer Eugene Manlove Rhodes.

Albuquerque. Mammalogist. Served as president of UNM, Oklahoma State University, and Texas Tech University. Author of numerous works including Mammals of New Mexico.

Albuquerque. Author of the parenting book How to stop your toddler from driving you crazy.

Co-author of several books on textiles, including (with Helen R. Lucero) Chimayó Weaving : the transformation of a tradition.

Albuquerque. Co-author, with Susan Spensley, of Into the Known : a handbook for change.

Sociologist. Author of Double Click: Romance Among Couples Who Met Online; co-author of Online Matchmaking. A Rolling Stones fan, author of You Get What You Need: Stories of Fans of the Rolling Stones based upon fan interviews. Author of the novel My Men, Mick, and Me.

Santa Fe. Photographer. Author of the memoir, The Magnolia Code.

Sarah H. Baker. Albuquerque, sometime instructor at UNM. Author of the Dassas Cormier mystery series, set in New Orleans. Also writes romance as Sarah Storme and erotic romance as Lydia Parks.

(1891-1979) Degree in Civil Engineering from UNM, where he also served as captain of the football team. Grew up in Albuquerque, variously working in real estate and insurance before starting a career with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads surveying for construction and inspecting the growing road system in New Mexico, which experiences he related (with son Stuart Balcomb) in Me & the Model T: 63,000 Miles in Mr. Ford’s Wonder Car. Also worked for the Soil Conservation Service. Author of a history of Taos County, The Red River Hill, and his memoirs, A Boy's Albuquerque, 1898-1912.

Albuquerque. Studied education at UNM, English and writing teacher, GED tutor. Knitter and poet; author of a series of collections of knitting-related poetry including Alterknitive Facts and Knitigating Circumstances.

Reporter, longtime educator. Professor emeritus at UNM. Volunteer at Albuquerque Opportunity Center, a shelter for homeless men. Author of several works including Our Sheltered Lives about Albuquerque's homeless.

Professor of history at UNM; editor of New Mexico Historical Review. Works include Army regulars on the Western frontier, 1848-1861.

(1890-1984) High school and college teacher, historian. After moving to Ruidoso in 1942, began collecting oral histories from Mescalero and other Apache people living in the area. Author / co-author / editor of several works including Ma'am Jones of the Pecos and Indeh, an Apache odyssey and Ruidoso: the last frontier and Apache Voices: Their Stories of Survival as Told to Eve Ball . Co-author, with Thelma Crosby, of Bob Crosby: World Champion Cowboy.

Albuquerque area. Author of murder mysteries including Paint Me a Murder and Code Murder.

(Very occasionally as "Adolphe", incorrectly as "Adolf".) (1840-1914) Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier. Swiss-born archaeologist who became one of the most eminent authorities on the prehistory of the American Southwest, then moved on to researches in South America. Close friends with Charles Lummis, who accompanied him in Peru. Bandelier National Monument named for him. Author of The Delight Makers: a novel of prehistoric Pueblo Indians.
State Historian webpage on Adolph Bandelier

(1918-2012) Lived for many years in the Roswell area. Artist, and writer of articles which appeared in many periodicals including New Mexico Magazine. Many years traveling in Southern New Mexico. Author of Roaming Southern New Mexico.

Taos. Author of the poetry collection Jazz Music: Poems in the Rhythm of Life.

Albuquerque; freelance writer formerly with the Weekly Alibi. Author of Forgotten Albuquerque for the Images of America series.

McIntosh. Author of the historical fiction Bandit King series, involving 4th century Rome.

Was an editor at The Santa Fe New Mexican, a journalist for The Albuquerque Journal and the Gallup Independent, and was the first recipient of the Tony Hillerman Prize. Works include the mystery series about reporter Lucy Newroe and Detective Gil Montoya, set around Santa Fe.

AKA: Dave Barber. Albuquerque. Poet; author of the poetry collections Painting with Fingers and Where the Fenceline Runs.

Longtime Children's Librarian with Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System; freelance library consultant. Co-editor (with Valerie Nye) of True stories of censorship battles in America's libraries; co-author (with Nye) of the restaurant guidebooks Breakfast New Mexico Style and Breakfast Santa Fe Style. Author of READiscover New Mexico : a tri-lingual adventure in literacy, winner of the 2008 New Mexico Book Award.

Professor of Psychology at Central New Mexico Community College. Author of Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns, part of the Postcard History series.

Elliott Speer Barker (1886-1988). Santa Fe; moved to New Mexico with his family in a covered wagon at the age of 3. Conservationist who worked in the state as a ranger; named New Mexico's first Game Warden in 1931. Founding member of the National Wildlife Federation; helped draft NM's first game and fish laws. Famous for finding the bear cub who would become known as Smokey Bear. Author of seven books including Western Life and Adventures, 1889 to 1970 and Smokey Bear and the Great Wilderness.

(1906-1996) Las Vegas New Mexico. Graduate of New Mexico Highlands University, taught English at local high school for more than 40 years. Author of Western-themed serials and short novels that received world-wide distribution by King Features Syndicate. Author of several Western novels including Riders of the Ramhorn and Secret of the Badland. Spouse of Western writer S. Omar Barker.

Born in New Mexico. B.A. in Journalism from the University of New Mexico; has written for television, film and the gaming market, including scriptwriting for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Twilight Zone. Served as Editor/Entertainment Journalist for the TeenHollywood Web Network and freelances for many other outlets. Has worked as a production assistant, production manager and special effects coordinator; story analyst, script doctor and screenplay consultant. Co-author, with Star Trek's D.C. Fontana, of Futurus Rex.

Santa Fe. Investigative reporter. Organizer of the public arts project, The Trail of the Painted Ponies. Author of several works including The Broken Circle : a true story of murder and magic in Indian country.

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AKA: Squire Omar Barker, S.O.B. (1894-1985) Squire Omar Barker. Born and raised in northern New Mexico on a ranch near Las Vegas; graduated New Mexico Normal School (now New Mexico Highlands University) in 1924. Spouse of Elsa McCormick Barker, also a noted Western writer. Served a term as president of the Western Writers of America, later named "Lifetime President" and received their Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement. Recipient of an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from New Mexico Highlands University. Very prolific author, with over 1,200 articles, 1,500 stories, and 2,500 poems to his credit; most famous poem "A Cowboy's Christmas Prayer" gained international notoriety. Inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1978.

(1936-2015) Santa Fe. Radio host, activist. Named a Santa Fe Living Treasure. Co-founder of We Are People Here!, an organization encouraging Santa Fe to establish a public bank. Author of many works including Democracy at the Crossroads : princes, peasants, poets, and presidents in the struggle for (and against) the rule of law and Growing up true : lessons from a Western boyhood.

Santa Fe. Retired library media specialist. Docent at El Rancho de las Golondrinas living history museum of the Spanish Colonial period. Author of The Kingdom of New Mexico : its colonization and the story of El Rancho de las Golondrinas.

Author of An Albuquerque Bibliography: a guide to published and unpublished materials.

Professor emeritus at New Mexico State University, founder and editor of La Mirada publishing house. Several awards, including the Lourdes Casal Prize for his Escrituras poéticas de una nación. Author of numerous books of poetry including Sin decir el mar and Sagradas herejías.

Professor emeritus, Department of Geography at UNM; special interest in the historical geography of Latin America and the American Southwest. Several books including The Spanish colonial settlement landscapes of New Mexico, 1598-1680 and Conquest and Catastrophe : changing Rio Grande Pueblo settlement patterns in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Co-author with in-law Janet Chapman of Kenneth Milton Chapman : a life dedicated to Indian arts and artists.

Albuquerque. Political cartoonist, commercial artist; has done work for several area periodicals. Illustrator on several children's books, including the popular Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg; author and illustrator of Showdown at the Food Pyramid.

Grew up in Albuquerque. Co-author, with husband R.D. Bartlett, of dozens of books on reptiles and amphibians including New Mexico's Reptiles and Amphibians: A field guide.

Los Alamos, former chairman of the County Council. Oral historian, amateur photographer, and a Chautauqua lecturer listed with the N.M. Humanities Council and the Historical Society of New Mexico. Co-author, with Everett M. Rogers, of Silent voices of World War II : when sons of the Land of Enchantment met sons of the Land of the Rising Sun.

Roswell. Author of numerous historical or contemporary romance works, some of them set in New Mexico.

Hillsboro rancher. Contributor to Max Evans & a Few Friends: the 90th birthday book.

AKA: Angelyn Bass Rivera. Department of Anthropology, UNM. Contributor to The Peopling of Bandelier: new insights from the archaeology of the Pajarito Plateau.

(1940-2013) Keith Hamilton Basso. Cultural and linguistic anthropologist specializing in study of the Western Apache; professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of New Mexico.Rancher in Arizona. Author of numerous works including Western Apache Witchcraft and Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language among the Western Apache.

Longtime elementary and special education teacher. Author of children's fiction including Santa Fe Tom and Turquoise Trail and Desert Bliss.

Served as director of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. Author of several works including Pottery of the Pueblos of New Mexico, 1700-1940 and The Native American Curio Trade in New Mexico and Clay People: Pueblo Indian figurative traditions.

Born and raised in Farmington. New Mexico board-recognized specialist in divorce and family law. Has served as secretary of the American Bar Association Family Law Section; named New Mexico Family Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. "Southwest Super Lawyer". Co-author, with Sandra Morgan Little, Jan Gilman-Tepper, and Tiffany Oliver Leigh, of Divorce in New Mexico : the legal process, your rights, and what to expect.

Richard Samuel "Sam" Baty. Albuquerque. Received degree in electrical engineering from UNM. Worked in Air Force and aerospace industry. Author of several military novels, including Footsteps to Forever and Forever We Serve.

(1881-1971) Taos, Santa Fe. Noted artist primarily working in color woodcut prints. Author of several collections of his work and The Autobiography of Gustave Baumann.

Studied Native arts and culture at UNM; longtime scholar and collector of Southwestern jewelry. Author / co-author of several books including Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 and Bridles of the Americas: Indian Silver and Masterworks and Eccentricities: Navajo and Pueblo Jewelry and Metalwork 1880 - 1950.

Historian with particular interests in irrigation, ranching, and agriculture in New Mexico. Author of several books including Dividing New Mexico's Waters, 1700-1912 and Las Carneradas : sheep trade in New Mexico, 1700-1860 and Spanish Irrigation in Taos Valley.

AKA: Bill Baxter. Corrales. Anthropologist and historian. Author of Gold And The Ortiz Mountain Grant : A New Mexico History and Reference Guide.

Pen name of Albuquerque author Kathlena L. Contreras

Born in Albuquerque. Writer of articles and reviews for national periodicals including The New York Times; staff writer and book reviewer for Salon.com. Author of numerous historical mysteries including The Pale Blue Eye which involves a young Edgar Allen Poe solving a mystery while a military cadet.

Northern New Mexico. Teacher, journalist, sports editor for the Rio Grande Sun, on the Board of Directors of PEN New Mexico. Has served as president of the National Santa Fe Trail Association. Great-great-grandson of Mary Donoho, a noted early traveler along the Santa Fe Trail.

Fourth-generation New Mexican. Founder of Los Rios Anglers in Taos, owner of a fishing guide service. Contributor to Fly Fishing in Northern New Mexico; author of Flyfisher's Guide to New Mexico.

Often co-authors with Kevin J. Anderson. Noted titles: Ignition and Ill Wind. Also author of The E-bomb : how America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought.

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Southern New Mexico. Author of several works of regional history, including The Manso Indians and Las Cruces, New Mexico 1881 as seen by her papers.

Santa Fe. Psychological Activist, speaker and teacher. Author of Talking Back to Dr. Phil : Alternatives to Mainstream Psychology.

Albuquerque. Poet, educator. Award-winning poet with works in numerous publications including The Nation. Author of several poetry collections including Burn the Field. Has served as an editor for Blue Mesa Review, and taught at UNM.

Born in the Navajo Nation. Degrees from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and the California College of Arts and Crafts. Painter and illustrator who has exhibited in many venues including the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe. Teaches and speaks widely on art. Illustrator for numerous books. Author of Navajo: visions and voices across the Mesa.

(1921-2008) Laura Florence Beheler, AKA: Flo Beheler, Florine Beheler. Attended UNM and New Mexico Highlands University. Longtime teacher in Santa Fe, including teaching writing courses. Author of the poetry collection Alegorias and the novels The Snow Moon and The Paper Dolls.

Born in Gallup, graduate and served on the faculty of the Institute of American Indian Arts. Multimedia artist, poet. Co-editor of The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature. Author of the poetry collections Of Cartography and From the Belly of My Beauty which won an American Book Award.

Farmington, splits time between New Mexico and Colorado. Author of romantic suspense thrillers including Deadly Recall and Betrayed, and the Cold Case suspense series set in Denver.

Award-winning performance poet, artist and social justice advocate. Ranked highly in numerous poetry slam competitions, including as 2017 Albuquerque Women's Slam Poetry Champion. Author of a "memoir in verse" poetry collection, Big Feelings, and 22.

Albuquerque poet on two national poetry slam teams, actor, musician, playwright. Became the inaugural Poet Laureate of Albuquerque at age 33, serving 2012-2014. Founder of Beyond Poetry LLC. Bellamy's work is featured in a tile mosaic adorning the Juan Tabo Library. Author of several poetry collections including Swear.

(1951-2013) Pecos. Horse wrangler, ballet teacher, dog musher, woodcutter, baker, designer, editor and poet. Author of several works including Someone Stole My Outhouse ; and other tales of home improvement and Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men. Editor of Waterwise Garden Care: your practical guide.

AKA: A. Kyce Bello. Santa Fe. Poet with works published in numerous journals including Sonora Review. Author of Refugia; editor of The Return of the River : writers, scholars, and citizens speak on behalf of the Santa Fe River which won a 2011 New Mexico Book Award.

Changed name from Jim Arnholz. Corrales. Longtime columnist for the Albuquerque Journal, now retired. Author of Semi-Native and Trickster in the Front Yard : Still Semi-Native.

Northern New Mexico. Has worked as a mountain and desert guide in the American West. Travel writer and photographer for national publications including The New York Times and Lonely Planet. Author of Himalaya Bound: one family's quest to save their animals - and an ancient way of life.

Sometimes as de Benevides. (1578-1635). Portuguese Franciscan friar who came to New Mexico in 1625. His work The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides, 1630, prepared as a report to the king of Spain, is considered a classic glimpse into New Mexico of the 17th century. Served as the third head of the mission churches in New Mexico; masterminded the formation of schools and the building of many churches (he claimed 50 as the result of his efforts).
State Historian wepage on Fray Alonso de Benavides

Albuquerque. Spent nearly thirty years as an Associated Press newsman. Author of two mysteries set in New Mexico, The Ghost Ocean and its sequel City of Stone.

Bent New Mexico. Author of the Black Horse Campground mystery series.

(1831-?) Enlisted US Army soldier stationed at various forts around New Mexico including Forts Union, Craig, and Filmore. Author of Forts and Forays: A Dragoon in New Mexico, 1850-1856, based upon his diary.

Albuquerque. Jan Macpherson Bennett. Co-author/editor, with Penny Storms, of a book of reminiscences of family life in early Albuquerque and a cabin in the Pecos, The making of a family : the Pecos years, 1916-1940.

(1922-1997) Born at Sheepsprings Trading Post, New Mexico. Artist, dollmaker; teacher at the Phoenix Indian School. Widely traveled. Author of several works including Kaibah: recollection of a Navajo girlhood and A Woman's Place: women writing New Mexico. Co-author, with husband Russ Bennett, of A Navajo Saga.

AKA: Marty M. McGee. Santa Fe. Noted expert on llamas and alpacas. Producer of a series of videos on camelids. Author / co-author of The Camelid Companion: Handling and Training Your Alpacas & Llamas and Llama Handling and Training: The TTeam Approach(TM) and Llamas and Alpacas as a Metaphor for Life.

Co-author, with wife Kay Bennett, of A Navajo Saga.

(1903-1977) Taos. Jewelry designer; recipient of multiple Tiffany Foundation Fellowships . Photographer on Camposantos : a photographic essay.

Also writes as N.C. Benson. Writes on women and the arts. Author of New Mexico Colcha Club : Spanish colonial embroidery & the women who saved it and Notable New Mexico Women : a selected index.

(1890-1979) Albuquerque. Poet, with several published collections including Milestones and See the Earth New.

AKA: Steve Benz, Stephen Connely Benz. Albuquerque, UNM Department of English Language and Literature. Essays in numerous magazines and newspapers including the Washington Post and the Miami Herald. Two essays selected for Best American Travel Writing (2003, 2015). Author of the books of travel essays Guatemalan Journey and Essays en Route and Green Dreams: Travels in Central America.

Santa Fe. Writer, actress, musician and film/TV producer. Active in comic and graphic novel production, and webcomics including Validation.

Santa Fe. Freelance writer, journalist and New Mexico film historian. Has served on the board of the Mesilla Valley Film Society. Creator/narrator of "Made in New Mexico" film clip series. Author of New Mexico Filmmaking.

(1928-2006) Santa Fe. Owner of several fine arts and antiques galleries including one in Santa Fe. PEN board member. Teacher of writing and multimedia at numerous universities nationwide before settling in Santa Fe. Worked with a wide range of poets and innovative writers; recipient of numerous awards including a Pushcart Award. Publisher and editor of CENTER literary magazine. Poetry in hundreds of publications including American Poetry Review and The Nation. Author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works including Acts of Love: An American Novel and Secrets, Gossip and Slander and Antics: Passionate Stories about Folks in the Antiques Trade.

Professor at the UNM School of Law for 28 years; served as Associate Dean and interim Dean. Author / co-author of Everytrial Criminal Defense Resource Book and Wharton’s Criminal Evidence and Wharton’s Criminal Procedure.

Art director of Chile Pepper magazine. Co-author, with Denice Skrepcinski and Melissa T. Stock, of Cody Coyote Cooks! A Southwest cookbook for kids.

Sandia Park. Retired from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Written dozens of articles on and received numerous awards for her work on gopher tortoises, a threatened keystone species. Author of her memoirs, Fire and Fauna: Tales of a Life Untamed.

Albuquerque. Author of fantasy novels.

Devaki Lindsey Berkson, AKA: D. Lindsey Berkson. Santa Fe. Degrees in functional nutrition, hormones, environmental medicine and gastroenterology. Radio show host on health issues. Author of numerous books and ebooks including Safe Hormones, Smart Women and Healthy Digestion the Natural Way and The Foot Book.

Southwestern New Mexico. Photographer, with pieces in numerous galleries including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New Mexico Museum of Art. Former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the New Mexico Governor's Arts Award. Author of GILA.

Pen name of writing team Sue Bernell and Michaela Karni. Author of the Ellie Gordon mystery series set in California and Santa Fe.

(1923-2013) Santa Fe. Internationally known poet, essayist; professor of literature at Eastern New Mexico University. Co-host with spouse Arlene Zekowski of Future Writing Today at KENW-TV on PBS. Author of numerous books including The Multiple Modern Gods and Other Stories and Every Person's Little Book of Plutonium and Body & Soul: How Death is Defeated and the World is Made Better.

Santa Fe. Certified Huna teacher. Author of Fundamentals of Hawaiian Mysticism. Also writes fiction as Charlotte D'Aigle.

Albuquerque. Financial advisor. Degrees from New Mexico Military Institute and UNM. Author of Writing the Routes: Bus Poems and Stories from Albuquerque.

Silver City. Degree from Western New Mexico University. Involved in historic preservation in the Silver City area, including serving as director of the Silver City Museum. Co-author, with Sherman Apt Russell, of Built to Last: An Architectural History of Silver City, New Mexico.

Abiquiu, born in Beijing China. Poet, with many awards including two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and two American Book Awards. Has taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Many books including Hello, the Roses.

Silver City. Poetry, fiction, non-fiction. Degrees in English and Education; worked in education research for many years. Numerous awards including a Pushcart Prize nomination. Publication in numerous national periodicals. Author of Roots Music and Splash. Poet Laureate of Silver City and Grant County 2019-2021, and poet laureate emerita of Davis, California.

Las Cruces. Co-author with Chelsea Samaniego of a book for children, Hi, My Name is Corona! (Covid-19).

Albuquerque. Author of Making The Most Of It : Public Works in Albuquerque During the Great Depression 1929-1942.

Albuquerque; born and raised in NM. Travel journalist; writer of articles for periodicals including New Mexico magazine. Author of 100 things to do in Albuquerque before you die and Eco-travel New Mexico : 86 natural destinations, green hotels, and sustainable adventures.

Albuquerque. Writer of articles for area periodicals including Albuquerque The Magazine.

Professor of history at New Mexico State University. Author of New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-1900 and editor of African Americans on the Western Frontier.

Professor emeritus of linguistics and of Spanish and Portuguese at UNM. Author of several works on linguistics; co-author with Neddy A. Vigil of The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas. Lead writer on Sadie Orchard: Madam of New Mexico's Black Range, an updated version of Sadie Orchard: The Time of Her Life by Patsy Crow King.

Author of the poetry collection Time Signatures.

Longtime Senator from New Mexico. Author of Breakdown : Lessons for a Congress in Crisis.

Santa Fe. Teacher, feminist activist, philanthropist. Writer of articles for many national periodicals. Has served as director of the National Book Critics Circle; founder of the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Author of numerous short stories, plays, and books of poetry. Author of several novels including Cory's Feast which is set in Taos.

Native New Mexican. Author of several books on local history, including Carlsbad and Carlsbad Caverns and Eddy County for the Images of America series. Author of Wicked Women of New Mexico and New Mexico Wine : an enchanting history and New Mexico Mission Churches.

Resident of Austin Texas. Raised in Albuquerque; attended Highland High School, degree in Anthropology from UNM. Writes screenplays for television and magazine articles for national women's magazines. Author of numerous books, including The Flamenco Academy which is based upon her time at UNM. Writer of the screenplay for the film Don't Tell Her It's me, adapted from her own novel Boyfriend School.

Gallup. Navajo. Studied anthropology and art history at UNM. Noted chef who has lectured and trained in Native American communities; featured in America The Cookbook and on The Food Network. Former Executive Chef at The National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian. Co-author of New Native Kitchen : Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American Indian.

(1945-) Cowboy poet, novelist, columnist. Grew up in Las Cruces; attended New Mexico State University and Colorado State University, earning a degree in veterinary medicine. Worked as a large-animal vet. Well-known for weekly syndicated newspaper column, "On the Edge of Common Sense". Well-known books: Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy and Coyote Cowboy Poetry.
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Taos. Instructor at UNM-Taos. Essayist; author of the memoirs How to Cook a Crocodile and How to Make an African Quilt and Somewhere Child.

Poet, teacher at New Mexico State University.

Degree in psychology from UNM. Author of numerous works on communications technology, also a biography about his military service, A swimmer's odyssey : from the Plains to the Pacific.
Author's website

Los Lunas. Author of several books of poetry including Ditchbank Diaries: Haibuñera from the Land of Enchantment.

Co-author (with wife Mary Ellen Blair) of Margaret Tafoya : a Tewa potter's heritage and legacy and The legacy of a master potter : Nampeyo and her descendants.

Pottery collector and pottery show judge. Author of A life well led : the biography of Barbara Freire-Marreco Aitken, British anthropologist and, with her husband Laurence R. Blair, co-author of Margaret Tafoya : a Tewa potter's heritage and legacy and The legacy of a master potter : Nampeyo and her descendants.

(1935-2003) Albuquerque. Educator first at New Mexico Tech, then at UNM where he taught film studies and art history. Lectured worldwide. Author of numerous critical essays, monographs, and collections of poetry. Gus Blaisdell Collected.

Attended University of New Mexico and Eastern New Mexico University at Portales. Author of novels about the American Old West. Best known for the novel Dances with Wolves, which was made into a movie of the same title.

Santa Fe. Longtime science and medicine writer for the New York Times. Co-founder of the Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop. Journalism Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. Author / co-author of several books including The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: how body maps in your brain help you do (almost) everything better and On Intelligence: how a new understanding of the brain will lead to the creation of truly intelligent machines and What About the Kids? : raising your children before, during, and after divorce.

Albuquerque, native New Mexican. Ex-professor. Lecturer & Scholar at New Mexico Humanities Council. Author of several works on Chicanos and Latinos in the Southwest, and the novel Suzanna.

Santa Fe native. Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse counselor with degrees in Humanities and Education. Bilingual poet and author of Butterfly Warrior : a novel following the lives of four friends who grew up in a Santa Fe barrio. Author of Journey to Aztlan and 49 Tips & Insights for Understanding Addiction.

Taos. Author, freelance writer, contributor to area periodicals. Affiliated with The Society of the Muse of the Southwest. For the Images of America series author of Taos; co-author (with husband Charles Strong) of Santa Fe Art and Architecture.

(1880-1946) Lansing Bartlett Bloom. Came to New Mexico with tuberculosis; became ordained as a Presbyterian minister and did missionary work in the Southwest. With his wife, Maude McFie, became interested in archaeology, joining the staff of the School of American Archaeology in 1917, eventually becoming director of its department of history. Taught at UNM, longtime editor of the New Mexico Historical Review; editor with The Quivira Society. Author of numerous articles; author / co-author / editor of books on New Mexico history, including New Mexico History and Civics.

(1880-1973) Moved with her family to Mesilla in 1884; later married historian Lansing B. Bloom with whom she pursued archaeological research. Daughter of New Mexico Supreme Court justice John R. McFie. An early student at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now New Mexico State University). Noted works: A History of the Mesilla Valley, 1903 and the play Tonita of the Holy Faith.

Santa Fe. Bicyclist and rock climber, has taught at the Santa Fe Climbing Gym. Author of Road Biking New Mexico and Mountain Biking Albuquerque.

(1908-1989) Taos artist, daughter of artist Ernest L. Blumenschein. Noted for mountain landscapes and Southwestern subjects, working in numerous media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, ink and charcoal. Works exhibited worldwide during her lifetime and featured in major collections including the Library of Congress and the Carnegie Institute. Gifted the Blumenschein estate to the community of Taos and the Taos Historic Museums. Author of Sounds and Sights of Taos Valley which includes sketches of Taos notables including Joseph Henry Sharp, Oscar E. Berninghaus, Frank Waters, and Spud Johnson.

Professor of bilingual education and ESL in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies in the University of New Mexico's College of Education. Co-author, with Mary Jean Habermann López, of The Shoulders We Stand On, an examination of bilingual education in New Mexico.

Born in the Bernalillo County Indian Hospital, Albuquerque. Now resident of New York. Featured in Virgin Fiction; author of A Richer Dust, a novel set in Taos of the 1920s.

Socorro. Author of mystery, suspense, and romance novels including the Accidental Detective series. As Chris Eboch and M.M. Eboch, writes books for young people.

Retired teacher of the gifted in Albuquerque, N.M. Author of several novels including Orchid of the Night and Walking Fish which won the New Mexico Book Award for Best Gay / Lesbian book 2011.

Magdalena. Writer of articles for national magazines including Sports Illustrated. Author of books on nature and sport including On the Edge of the Wild : passions and pleasures of a naturalist, and Querencia about his experiences in moving to New Mexico.

MFA from University of New Mexico. Teacher of creative non-fiction. Works in various publications including the Los Angeles Times and Salon. Author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light and The Ground Beneath Us: From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are.

(1943-1997) Albuquerque journalist and sportscaster; served as Chairman of the New Mexico Athletic Commission. Co-author, with Chris Cozzone, of Boxing in New Mexico, 1868-1940.

RN, employed at UNM. Co-author, with Mare Pearl, of two novels set in New Mexico, A Growing Season and Sunlight and Shadow.

Santa Fe. Journalist, contributor to New Mexico magazine; four-time winner of the Spur Award from Western Writers of America. Author of many Western novels including The Curse of Dunbar's Gold; Walk Proud, Stand Tall; and The Killing Shot. Spur Award winner for distinguished writing about the American West.

Lifelong New Mexican. Retired teacher of language arts and New Mexico history. Author of books for children including the Anderson Family Chronicle series; author of several works on the Civil War including the Rebels Along The Rio Grande series of novels.

Founding director of the Pitt-Greensburg Archaeology Program, University of Pittsburg. Former curator of the Clovis Site National Historic Landmark. Co-author of Clovis Revisited : new perspectives on Paleoindian adaptations from Blackwater Draw, New Mexico.

Albuquerque. Author of the illustrated short story collection South Valley.

Albuquerque, northern New Mexico. Teaching career, including in the Navajo Nation. Author of the novel Cipher in the Sand and the Emily Etcitty mystery series set around the Four Corners area.

Santa Fe. Author of numerous books and articles on art, architecture, and women's history including Southwest Art Defined: an illustrated guide and The Santa Fe House: historic residences, enchanting adobes and romantic revivals and Among the Stars: the life of Maria Mitchell.

Performance poet and activist. Personal and leadership development coach for racial equity and social justice, Founder of the African American multimedia showcase, Burque Noir, and Honeysuckle Creatives, a consultancy specializing in cultural engagement strategies with people of color in mind. Author of the poetry collection Grinning & Bare.

Jemez Springs. Co-author, with wife Kathleen Wiegner, of Jemez Springs for the Images of America series.

Science fiction short stories in several anthologies including A Very Large Array : New Mexico science fiction and fantasy. Poetry in Voices from the Rio Grande.

Pen name of author Melinda Snodgrass.

AKA: The Chileman. Las Cruces. Director of New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Insitute; chairman of the annual New Mexico Chile Conference. Developer of over 30 strains of peppers. Author of numerous scientific papers. Co-author (with Dave DeWitt) of several books on chile, including The Pepper Garden and The Complete Chile Pepper Book : a gardener's guide to choosing, growing, preserving, and cooking.

Albuquerque. Physicist with Sandia National Laboratory, adjunct professor at UNM. Expert on planetary impacts, often featured in documentaries. Critic of pseudoscience and anti-science thinking, especially global warming denial. Writer of articles for magazines including Skeptical Inquirer where he is a Committee Fellow. In 1998 published a hoax article criticizing the New Mexico legislature for attempting to require creationism be taught in schools; the hoax took on a life of its own, and is itself now pointed to as an example of the need for critical thinking and fact checking.

Lives part of the time in Las Cruces. Many published short stories and essays; playwright. Many honors and awards, including two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Works include The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards : stories and The Half-known World : on writing fiction; co-author (with David Schweidel) of What Men Call Treasure : the search for gold at Victorio Peak. Also writes as Shale Aaron.

Albuquerque. Retired professor of English, literary critic. Author of Milton : a Structural Reading and Hemingway : So Far From Simple.

Albuquerque. Poet with works in numerous publications. Author of the poetry collection All Of This Candy Belongs To Me.

Assistant professor of English at UNM, where he teaches classes in composition, creative writing, rhetoric, and technical communication. Scholarly articles in numerous publications; stories, comics, and poems have been published in literary magazines and fiction anthologies including The Best American Mystery Stories and Cold Mountain Review. Author of the novel Heavy Metal.

Architect, with a special interest in mud brick construction. Studied at Harvard; worked at ArtForum. Has an adobe home in Taos. Author of Spectacular Vernacular : the adobe tradition.

Born in northern New Mexico, resident of Corrales. Technical writer. Author of the Grace Michelle mystery series set in the 1920s entertainment industry, and the Annie Oakley mystery series.

(1945-2014) Charles Clyde Bowden. Las Cruces. Journalist and essayist. Writer of articles for national publications including Mother Jones and High Country News, often reporting on conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border. Winner of several awards including the Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction. Author of dozens of works including Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing: Living in the Future and The Charles Bowden Reader and Blues for Cannibals: the notes from underground.

(1903-1974) AKA: Elizabeth Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd White. Moved to New Mexico in 1929. Painter and scholar on the Spanish colonial art of New Mexico. Worked with the Museum of New Mexico. Author of several classic works including Saints & Saint Makers of New Mexico and New Mexico Santos : religious images in the Spanish new world.

Santa Fe. Degree in theatre from UNM. Author of the novel Junkyard Dreams set in Santa Fe and winner of a 2010 Zia Award from New Mexico Press Women.

Grew up on a ranch in central New Mexico. Author of the booklet Mountainair Historical Downtown Walking Tour, numerous regional histories, True Stories of Frontier Women: 1860 to Present, and A History of Highway 60 and the railroad towns on the Belen, New Mexico cutoff.

Santa Fe. Contributor to New Mexico magazine. Co-editor (with Lynn Cline) of The New Mexico Magazine Centennial Cookbook: A Century of Flavors.

Divides times between Chicago and New Mexico. Professor in the New Mexico State University MFA program. Writes on the intersections of sport, social justice, and race. Basketball coach at University of Texas-El Paso and New Mexico State University. Author of several books including Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson and All the Dreams We've Dreamed: A Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago's West Side.

Los Alamos, Santa Fe. Art historian who worked on Mabel Dodge Luhan’s papers at Yale University and has been the director of several art institutions, including New Mexico’s state Museum of Fine Art and the Recursos de Santa Fe. Co-editor of From the faraway nearby : Georgia O'Keeffe as icon.

(1932-2002) Richard Roark Bradford. Author who moved to the Santa Fe area in the 1950s. Worked as a staff writer for the New Mexico State Tourist Bureau. Most famous work is Red Sky at Morning (1968), a coming-of-age story set in northern New Mexico. The book was made into a movie released in 1970, starring Claire Bloom and Richard Thomas and filmed in northern New Mexico.

Pen name of Suzy McKee Charnas

Poet, painter. Recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry. Founder of Tooth of Time Books, a small press devoted to poetry. Complete collections of his books and broadsides in several archives including the Chavez History Library in Santa Fe. Author of numerous collections of poetry and stories including Reflections in the Lizard's Eye: Notes from the High Desert.

Served as assistant director of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. Author of the Sydney Reardon mystery series, including the titles Little Green Man in Ireland and Big Black Dog in Vallarta and Three Deadly Days in Spain.

Albuquerque. Research associate professor with the Museum of Southwestern Biology, UNM. Co-author of A Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque.

Santa Fe. Occupational therapist. Author of The Last Gifts: Creative Ways to Be with the Dying.

(1949-2019) Lived in Santa Fe part-time for years, where she taught writing workshops. Noted poet and author who received several national awards. Author / co-author of numerous novels, short story collections, and poetry collections, including A Good Day for Seppuku: Stories and The Incantation of Frida K . and Palm Latitudes.

J. Michael Bremer. Archaeologist, Heritage Program manager, and historic preservation officer for the Santa Fe National Forest. Contributor to several works including From mountaintop to valley bottom : understanding past land use in the northern Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico.

Albuquerque. Pianist, composer. Paralegal certificate from UNM. Short stories and articles in numerous national publications including the "Chicken Soup" series. Poet with several collected works including Gentle Tugs: a celebration of life, love, and other addictions which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Author of several novels including Harriet Murphy: A Little Bit of Something.

(1883-1977) Taos. Painter, with works in collections around the country including the Millicent Rogers Museum and The New Mexico Museum of Art. Came to Taos at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan in company with Frieda and D.H. Lawrence and became a part of the artist scene there. Author of Lawrence and Brett : a Friendship.

Albuquerque. Instructor at UNM; columnist. Author of more than 25 books, including the mystery series about Albuquerque private investigator Bubba Mabry and the mystery series about Albuquerque sports reporter Drew Gavin. Brewer's first book, Lonely Street , was made into a motion picture of the same name starring Robert Patrick, Jay Mohr and Joe Mantegna. Also writes as Max Austin.

George Douglas Brewerton. Young soldier who in 1848 rode overland from Los Angeles along the Old Spanish Trail in company with Kit Carson, detailed in Overland with Kit Carson : a narrative of the Old Spanish Trail in '48. A portion of his trip was in New Mexico, the subject of Incidents of Travel in New Mexico, largely involving Santa Fe and Taos.

(1903-1989) Born Manuelam Cupertinam Sedillo, in Albuquerque. Lived in Albuquerque and Socorro. Author of Mexican and New Mexican Folk Dances .

Writer, correspondent, and editor for NBC News in New York. After moving to New Mexico, served as editor of New Mexico Magazine, for which he also wrote articles. Author / artist on several works including Without Noise of Arms: The 1776 Dominguez-Escalante Search for a Route from Santa Fe to Monterey.

(1933-1998) Albuquerque. Poet, editor, teacher. Worked in the Albuquerque Public School System. Award-winning poet with over 400 works published in periodicals including The Wall Street Journal and The Saturday Evening Post. Founder of the New Mexico Chapter of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Served as president of the National League of American Pen Women. Co-editor of several poetry anthologies. For 20 years published the poetry journal Encore from her home in Albuquerque.

History teacher and assistant head of school at Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque . Author of The Baseball Film in Postwar America: A Critical Study and The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the Post-HUAC Films and Searching for Woody Guthrie.

(1896-1991) Sporadic resident of Taos. Author of 21 novels, many involving gay themes. Appears as a fictionalized character in The Taos Truth Game by Earl Ganz.

Moriarty. Daughter of Slim Randles. Contributor to Max Evans & a Few Friends: the 90th birthday book.

Author of the Green Rider fantasy series.

Writer, editor, and Gila rock hound. Author of Meet Me in Nutt, A Literary Traversal of the Gila Region of New Mexico.

(1918-2008) Resident of Taos since 1940, where she studied with many members of the Taos Art Colony and went on to a painting career. Graduate of UNM. Author of Taos Then: Only-in-Taos Stories, From a Bride Who Lived Them.

Wife of a Los Alamos physicist during the Manhattan Project years. Author of Tales of Los Alamos : life on the Mesa, 1943-1945.

Santa Fe. Illustrator on The Little Church Mouse of the Loretto Chapel.

Served as Comptroller for Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico. Author of The Last Train to Leave Cimarron, New Mexico: Why the Trains Left Cimarron.

Ph.D. from Stanford. Professor of History at New Mexico State University. Author of numerous articles for scholarly journals. Author / co-author of several books including Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 and Transatlantic radical: John Francis Bray and Two Nations, Indivisible: A History of American Inequality.

Author of The Last Cowboys (Closing the Open Range in Southeastern New Mexico, 1890s-1920s) and How to Retire Comfortably and Happy on Less Money Than the Financial Experts Say You Need.

Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Resident Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, and later served as editor of SAR Press. Several awards for work in the field. Author of several works about SW history including Mesa of Sorrows : a history of the Awat'ovi massacre and Captives & Cousins : slavery, kinship, and community in the Southwest borderlands.

Silver City. Gallery owner and teacher. Contributor to Deep Down & Dirty Writing Secrets: A Treasure Trove of Writing Tips.

(1887-?) Came with her father Bell Hudson to New Mexico in 1878. Author of her memoirs, A Pecos Pioneer, relating her life growing up in the area and her father's involvement with such notables as Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

(1906-1972) Mystery and science fiction author who lived in New Mexico in the 1940s and 50s, first in Albuquerque (where he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad) then in Taos where he lived in the Governor Bent House. Working primarily in short form, he is perhaps best known for the crime thriller The Screaming Mimi which was made into a film, and the novel Martians, Go Home.

AKA: James Hemphill Brown, J.H. Brown. Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico. Member of the National Academy of Sciences; coined the term "macroecology". Author / co-author of numerous works including Biogeography and Scaling in Biodiversity and Foundations of Macroecology.

(1927-2012) Arroyo Seco / Taos. Educated at several institutions including the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Teacher of weaving at several schools including the Taos Institute of Art. Honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Founder of Southwest Weaving of Taos. Author of The Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing book.

Author of Quemado New Mexico - 250 Friendly People and a Few Old Crabs.

Member of the Navajo Nation, belonging to the Bitter Water and Water Flows Together clans. Studied journalism at New Mexico State University; M.A. from Western New Mexico University. Author of numerous books for children involving Native American folk tales and subjects including Monster Bird and Monster Slayer: A Navajo Folktale.

Rio Rancho. Horticultural therapist, hunger activist, teacher and speaker. Co-author with spouse Tomi Jill Folk of Enchanted by the Light, 15 Short Stories Celebrating Christmas in New Mexico.

Ruidoso. Photographer and area historian. Co-author, with Lyn Kidder, of Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs for the Images of America series.

Santa Fe. Longtime teacher. Painter. Author of Irby Brown : Southwest Landscape Paintings.

(1920-2011) Journalist and historian. Moved to New Mexico in 1948 and began work with the Albuquerque Tribune, with which publication he stayed until his retirement in 1985, writing the column "Off the Beaten Path". In 1994 received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. Noted books: Albuquerque Remembered and Robbers, Rogues, and Ruffians: True Tales of the Wild West in New Mexico.

(1926-2005) Albuquerque. Served as adjunct professor at UNM. Author of several novels including Present Danger. Author of several biographies including one about Albuquerque's John Baker, A Shining Season : the true story of John Baker, which was the basis for a movie filmed in Albuquerque.

(1926-2013) George Nicholas Buffington, AKA Nick Buffington. Santa Fe. Cowboy, lawyer, and author. Author of several novels including Virgin Spring - a Southwest story of romance and adventure and Apache Casino which won the 2007 New Mexico Book Award.

Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico. Author of Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject. Contributor to The Light at the End of History: Reacting to Nuclear Impact.

Rio Rancho historian, former police officer. Numerous awards. Wrote the multi-volume New Mexico's Finest: Peace Officers Killed in the Line of Duty. Working on the third volume of New Mexico Historical Biographies, an official New Mexico Centennial Project supported by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Author of Unsolved: New Mexico's American Valley Ranch Murders & other Mysteries.

(1904-1986) Santa Fe. Writer and educator. Taught school in mining camps around northern New Mexico, moving to Santa Fe in 1941. Served 15 years as book reviewer for the Santa Fe New Mexican. Author of Living Legends Of The Santa Fe Country: A Collection Of Southwestern Stories. Named a Santa Fe Living Treasure in 1985.

Lawyer, graduate of UNM School of Law. Has worked in several state offices. Contributor to Life Planning in New Mexico : your guide to state law on powers of attorney, right to die, nursing home benefits, wills, trusts and probate.

Columnist for the Gallup Independent and The Indian Trader. Teacher at UNM Gallup. Author of Navajo Taboos and Talking mysteries : a conversation with Tony Hillerman and Sleight of hand : conversations with Walter Satterthwait.

Degrees in Poetry and English. Works in numerous publications. Winner of numerous awards. Author of the poetry collection Forgiveness.

(1913-1981) Joined UNM in 1948 as the only member of the Art Department, remaining on the faculty until 1980. Did extensive work on architectural history around New Mexico, notably Of Earth and Timbers Made : New Mexico architecture (1974) and Early Architecture in New Mexico (1976). Served as co-editor on the New Mexico Architecture journal; served as trustee of the Albuquerque Museum. Received the Governor's Award in the Arts in 1978.

(1898-1990) Noted anthropologist who did research in New Mexico in the 1920s. Ph.D. from Columbia University, recipient of a Guggenhem grant. Wrote extensively about Puebloans; best known for Zuni Origin Myths and Zuni Katcinas: An Analytical Study and The Pueblo potter; a study of creative imagination in primitive art.

Horseman, former staffer at Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. Co-author, with Nina Buonaiuto-Cloyed, of Saddle Up, New Mexico! : the statewide horse trail and travel guide.

Grew up in Santa Fe. Degree from UNM, school teacher in Santa Fe. Co-author, with John Buonaiuto-Cloyed, of Saddle Up, New Mexico! : the statewide horse trail and travel guide.

Santa Fe. College instructor. Communication professional with a Ph.D in Cultural Studies. Author of numerous works including Feminist Fables for the Twenty-First Century: The F Word Project and PathoGraphics: Narrative, Aesthetics, Contention, Community.

Noted Korean American modern-dance choreographer. Author of Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly : A Memoir about the author's early years in Santa Fe and how it affected his aesthetic.

Corrales, Santa Fe. Political psychologist and women's issues expert; co-founder of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy in Washington, DC. Served as a Senior Policy Adviser for Women's Issues to Governor Bill Richardson. Radio show host; numerous appearances on national news shows. Author of Cult of Power : sex discrimination in corporate America and what can be done about it and Your Voice Your Vote: the savvy woman's guide to power, politics, and the change we need.

Taos. Degrees in history and cultural studies. Teacher focusing on environmental history. Author of numerous articles about artists and writers, with a focus on gender identities. Author of
From Greenwich Village to Taos Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's, which won the Ralph Emerson Twitchell Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico

Author of "This Miserable Kingdom--": The story of the Spanish presence in New Mexico and the Southwest from the beginning until the 18th century.

Splits time between Taos and Maine. Journalist with works in many national publications including the New York Times Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Author of non-fiction books including Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers, the American Heiress Who Taught the World About Style and Diving for Starfish: The Jeweler, the Actress, the Heiress, and One of the World's Most Alluring Pieces of Jewelry.

Also writes as VW Massie and Natalie Bennett. Longtime journalist; writer of articles and poetry for numerous periodicals. Writer of Erotica, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Paranormal Romance and Science Fiction including The Rustle of Leaves and the science fiction Desert Willow series.

Northern New Mexico. Singer, songwriter, music teacher. Editor of In the Shadow of Los Alamos : selected writings of Edith Warner.
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Albuquerque. Member of the Friends of the Sandia Mountains; guide for wildflower hikes for the U.S. Forest Service, Albuquerque Open Space Program, and other organizations. Co-author, with Larry J. Littlefield, of Wildflowers of the Sandia and Manzano Mountains of Central New Mexico and Wildflowers of the Northern and Central Mountains of New Mexico : Sangre de Cristo, Jemez, Sandia, and Manzano.

Has served as president of the Valencia County Historical Society and secretary of the Historical Society of New Mexico. Author of several books for the Images of America series, including Belen, Los Lunas, and Historic Ranches of Northeastern New Mexico.

Author of the Young Adult fantasy series Gobbled and many books for children including the Math Pirates series. Writes adult time travel romance; author of the dystopian science fiction novel A Singular Second.

Albuquerque. Professor of Law at UNM. Columnist for several publications including the Albuquerque Tribune. Speaker and lecturer; recipient of numerous awards including over a dozen New Mexico Press Women awards. Author of numerous works including several for the Sum and Substance law series. Contributor to Max Evans & a Few Friends: The 90th Birthday Book

(1908-2002) Former First Lady of New Mexico; her husband John Burroughs served 1959-1961. Author of several works including Children of Destiny: true adventures of three cultures and Bride of the Santa Fe Trail; lead editor on Roosevelt County History and Heritage.

Santa Fe. Poetry in numerous journals including The Santa Fe Literary Review. Author of Belle's Ragged Army.

Producer of fly-fishing videos, and serves as a guide for fly-fishing trips. Contributor to Fly-Fishing in Northern New Mexico.

Lifelong activist for economic, racial, and gender justice. Author of La Partera: Story of a Midwife about Jesusita Aragon, a midwife in San Miguel County New Mexico.

Operator of a cooking school in Albuquerque, noted as one of the four best cooking schools in the world by Bon Appetit magazine. Author of numerous cookbooks on Southwestern cuisine, including Jane Butel's Quick and Easy Southwestern Cookbook and Real Women Eat Chiles.

Santa Fe. Served as Director of Creative Writing at the College of Santa Fe (later, Santa Fe University of Art and Design). Author of numerous books including the mystery novel Dreamer set in Santa Fe, and Jack's skillet : plain talk and some recipes from a guy in the kitchen.
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Santa Fe. Retired educator. Author of Tracking the Chili Line Railroad to Santa Fe and High Road to Taos for the Images of America series.

Santa Fe. Educator. Author of the novel The Scourge.

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Linguist, Professor emerita at UNM. Known for proposing the theory of Usage-based Phonology. Author / co-author of numerous works including Phonology and Language Use and Language, Usage and Cognition and Language Change.

(1881-1968). Harold Witter Bynner. Poet and author who settled in Santa Fe. Noted for hosting many artists, authors, and prominent members of Santa Fe society; befriended and traveled with D.H. Lawrence. Longtime companion to poet Robert Hunt who edited a collection of Bynner's works. In 1916, famously crafted a hoax by creating (with friend Arthur Davison Ficke, and under false names) the supposed "Spectric" school of poetry, a mocking commentary on other experimental poetry styles of the time; the hoax backfired when the "movement" was taken seriously and the fame of the hoax material overshadowed their other works. The Works of Witter Bynner.

Native New Mexican. Degree from UNM. Co-author, with Nancy Krenz, of Southwestern Arts and Crafts Projects, ages 5-12 .