NESBITT ON THE ROAD: John D. Nesbitt, a multi-talented novelist and short-story writer from Torrington, will travel to book signings this weekend in Laramie and Cheyenne. He will sign copies of his two latest books, Rancho Alegre and Shadows on the Plain, at Hastings, 654 N. 3rd St., in Laramie on Friday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. He will be at Barnes and Noble, 1851 Dell Range Blvd., in Cheyenne on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. John’s web site notes that Rancho Alegre is a traditional western novel in which out-of-work cowboy Jimmy Clevis takes on a simple job to find a rancher’s son but rides into a “tangled net of lies, stealing, blackmail, hidden identities . . . and murder.” Shadows on the Plain is “a book of hard-crafted fiction set in the contemporary West, stories about life and love, loss and death, with a few laughs along the way…. The book captures the spirit of people who tough it out in a world both modern in its problems and timeless in its landscape.” John teaches both English and Spanish classes at Eastern Wyoming College. One of his stories is featured in Deep West: A Literary Tour of Wyoming. He has won a creative writing fellowship from the Wyoming Arts Council, two Wyoming State Historical Society fiction awards, and two awards from Wyoming Writers, Inc., for encouragement of writers and service to the organization.
