Shelley Read&rsquo\;s debut novel\, \; Go as a River\, is an international bestseller that has sold over a million copies worldwide\, been translated into thirty-four languages\, and is in development for film with the Mazur Kaplan Company. Winner of t he High Plains Book Award for Fiction and the Reading the West Book Award for Debut Fiction\, \;Go as a River \;is also a \;Sunday Times \;bestseller\, a Goodreads Choice Award finalist\, an Indie Next Pick\, and a Colorado Public Radio Books We Love selection\, among other national and international accolades. \; \;
\nS helley was an award-winning senior lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades\, where she taught writing\, literature\, enviro nmental studies\, and honors. She is a mom\, mountaineer\, world traveler\ , and fifth-generation Coloradan who lives with her family in the Elk Moun tains of Colorado&rsquo\;s Western Slope. \;
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