WYO-AUDIOBOOKS WANTED: Some WYO writers have had their books transformed into audiobooks (CD and/or cassette). On trips across the state, I’ve listened to Annie’s Proulx’s “Close Range: Wyoming Stories” and Mark Spragg’s “An Unfinished Life.” Last week, Lynn Lemp on the State of WYO Motor Pool asked me for some names of WYO writers who might have audiobooks, since she wants to purchase some to be checked out by State of WYO travelers. I assembled a list which probably includes names that don’t have books on tape or CD. Anyway, take a look at my suggestions and check them for accuracy. If I’ve left you out, please let me know via e-mail or provide a comment below.

Here’s the list: Mystery writers: C.J. “Chuck” Box, Craig Johnson (title "The Cold Dish"), Gregory Bean (lives in N.J. but from WYO and books set in WYO), Margaret Coel (lives in Colo. but all her mysteries are set on our Wind River Reservation), Sarah Andrews (now lives in Calif. but went to UW and worked as a geologist in WYO; her first book is "Ten Sleep”), Clinton McKinzie (went to UW Law School, lives in Colo., one title is "Edge of Justice"). Fiction writers: Annie Proulx (of "Brokeback Mountain" fame), Mark Spragg (lives in Cody, book "An Unfinished Life" just made into a film), Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, Thermopolis, written lots of novels together and separately; Warren Adler, Tim Sandlin, Gerry Spence, Deborah Bedford, Theodore "Ted" Judson, Alyson Hagy, Michael Punke, John D. Nesbitt, Eugene Gagliano (children's), Jon Billman (now lives in Iowa). Non-fiction writers: Mark Jenkins, James Galvin, Linda Hasselstrom, Alexandra Fuller, Gretel Ehrlich ("The Solace of Open Spaces"), Jeffe Kennedy. Poetry: WYO Poet Laureate David Romtvedt may have something out in audiobook form. His band, The Fireants, has recorded music CDs.

What other writers with WYO ties have audiobooks?

- posted by Michael Shay @ 9:41 AM