Pam: Well, I would like to believe that almost everything about me is different than it was when I wrote Cowboys. Sue: Pam, reviewers of Deep Creek have called it “inspiring” and praised it for “scorching honesty and heartfelt reflection.” Several have found a relationship between Cowboys are my Weakness and Deep Creek, a sort of coming home for the character that reflects increasing age and wisdom. Like her dogs and horses, and her own life, the ranch has inspired her fiction but, surprisingly, only now has it truly had a voice of its own, in Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, published in January 2019. She put the money down on a 120-acre ranch in the Colorado high country, near the headwaters of the Rio Grande and, for the past twenty-five-plus years, it’s been her home. With the $21,000 advance she’d received for Cowboys, Pam heeded the advice of her agent, who told her not to spend it all on hiking boots. The collection quickly became a best-seller, was named a Notable Book of 1992 by the New York Times, and won the 1993 Western States Book Award. Pam burst onto the literary scene in 1992 with the publication of Cowboys Are My Weakness, a collection of short stories about smart, adventurous women in love with unpredictable men. Read on for insight into what we'll hear on Opening Night. Our former director, Sue Staats, interviewed Pam about her new book, her writing, and who and what inspires her. Her story will be read by Caro Marks and directed by Peggi Wood. You'll see why when you meet author Pam Houston for a performance of her story, “Eating Phoebe” (an excerpt from Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country ).

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