Mccrumb, Sharyn

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MCCRUMB, Sharyn

MCCRUMB, Sharyn. American. Genres: Novels, Romance/Historical, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Full-time novelist and lecturer, 1988-. Teacher of journalism and Appalachian Studies at Virginia Tech. Has worked as a reporter in Bryson City, NC. Speaker at institutions, literary festivals and universities throughout the world. Publications: BALLAD SERIES: If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O, 1990; The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, 1992; She Walks These Hills, 1994; The Rosewood Casket, 1996; The Ballad of Frankie Silver, 1998. ELIZABETH MacPHERSON SERIES: The Windsor Knot, 1990; Missing Susan, 1991; MacPherson's Lament, 1992; If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him…, 1995; Sick of Shadows; Lovely in Her Bones; Highland Laddie Gone; Paying the Piper. JAY OMEGA SERIES: Bimbos of the Death Sun, 1987; Zombies of the Gene Pool, 1992. SHORT STORIES: Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, 1997. Address: c/o Dutton, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014, U.S.A.

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