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November 2024
This month, 2023 Inductees Tom Noel and John Edward Williams are featured. Hall of Famer Manuel Ramos will take the seat for November’s
Author Talk Happy Hour is on Wednesday, November 13th, at 5 MT.
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October 2024
This month, 2019 Inductees Dick Weissman and Sybil Downing are featured..
Nominations are open for the 2025 Hall Induction in November. Who’s on your list to nominate? Forms are on the Hall’s website.
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September 2024
This month, the Board will be presenting the Aspiring Authors Scholarships winners. Next month, we honor and celebrate five winners—two nonfiction authors-to-be and three fiction ones.
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August 2024
It’s Aspiring Authors Scholarships Month! This month, 2023 Inductees Mary Kelly and Peter Heller are featured. Hall of Famer Patty Limerick will take the seat for September’s Author Talk Happy Hour on Wednesday, September 11th at 5:00 P.M. MT.
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July 2024
This month, 2023 Inductees Temple Grandin and John Denver are featured. Temple also shares the book, Visually Thinking which will be highlighted on the Wednesday, August 14 Author Talk Happy Hour.
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June 2024
Stephen King shares a reading list of 96 books, covering a diverse range of fiction and non-fiction titles that he recommends.
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May 2024
Bestselling Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Inductee Kathleen O’Neal Gear takes center stage and reveals her journey to becoming an author ... oh the places she has been ... and what she has done to bring reading delight to millions.
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March 2024
Welcome to the March edition of Attitudes at Altitude, the voice of the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame. Planning is moving forward for the next awarding of Aspiring Authors Scholarships. It’s fun to see the applications come in. This month, 2021 Inductee cookbook pioneer Carol Fenster shares her wisdom. Read more.
January 2024
Welcome to the first 2024 edition of Attitudes at Altitude, the voice of the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame. Four years ago, we celebrated our first Induction of 22 amazing Colorado connected authors to the Hall. What a night. Last year saw 12 new inductees. Plus, we honored Barnes & Noble with our Community Achievement Award Best Bookseller for Colorado Authors. The Hall now numbers 50 Inductees. This month's issue features authors Patricia Nelson Limerick and W C Jameson. Read more.
November 2023
Judith shares how November is the Month of Gratitude. "This month, many homes are filled with people and plates of food. With the shapes and sizes of many hands that come together to prepare the feast. With an array of voices and laughter and the bustle and energy that others generate." Read more.
October 2023
This month features a recap of our 2023 CAHOF Gala Event! This issue also spotlights Jill Tietjen. Jill is ensuring that women are reflected in the historical narrative of the U.S., as evidenced by her nine books, 100-plus eNewsletters, 200-plus articles, five exhibits for Google Arts & Culture, four book chapters and more than 180 blog posts. Read more.
September 2023
This month features Dom Testa. Dom does short and insightful reviews – both fiction and nonfiction. See Dom Testa’s Book Club Pick, this month. Read more.
August 2023
August's featured artist is Mara Purl. This piece might be called “The Path of the Whale,”—though it more accurately describes the path Mara took in creating a book. Read more.
July 2023
July's featured artist is Kris Tualla.
Kris Tualla reveals what has propelled her to write 30 books, screen options, and endorsements for her novels from Diana Gabaldon. Read more.
June 2023
June is a huge leap month for the Hall. The September Gala Inductees will be announced—please attend! Mary Taylor Young and Kevin J. Anderson are featured and Mary shares a special article on writing for readers. Read more.
The board is thrilled to reveal what one of our Aspiring Authors Scholarship winners is up to. Vanessa Gomez has finished her first novel, Broken Angel, and will have it published before Christmas. Bravo. Read more.
February 2023
February's Authors Hall of Fame will warm up your thoughts about the power of your words and the impact they deliver. Featuring Manuel Ramos, Mary Taylor Young, and Marilyn Van Derbur Atler. Ahas and insights within and on the Friday Author Happy Hour.
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January 2023 - Happy New Year!
Hall Inductee Margaret Coel reveals the story behind the story and this month, she and Flint Whitlock are featured. Celebrating Joyce Meskis ... and it’s time of get your nominations in for the 2023 Hall of Fame induction September 11. Read more.
December 2022
Celebrate your Holidays with gifted Hall inductees, Jill Tietjen and Dick Weissman. Read more.
November 2022
2021 Hall Inductee Charlotte Hinger is a tough sell. She writes exclusively about Kansas—about agriculture in Kansas. That doesn’t make a New York editor’s heart go pitty-pat. Agents aren’t bowled over either. Her advice: When you think you’re a dead duck, reorganize, and hang in there. Resilience is everything. Read more.
October 2022
This month, meet the recipients of the Hall’s Aspiring Authors Scholarships—seven awesome authors-to-be. And salivate over the sage writing advice of Hall of Famer and cookbook pioneer Carol Fenster. Read more.
This month, Hall Inductee shares a wonderful article from his memory bank and time spent with Rev. Billy Graham. You will love it. Newberry winner AVI is featured along with Jerry Jenkins and their books this month. Read more.
August 2022
Meet Hall Inductees, WC Jameson (inducted in 2019) and Penny Rafferty Hamilton (inducted in 2021) in this edition of Attitudes at Altitude. Both have added new books to their growing legacies this past year. Read more.
July 2022
Meet Hall of Famers Marilyn Van Derbur & W. Michael Gear. Learn more about Marilyn Van Derbur Atler's award-winning book: Miss America By Day stands as a benchmark and left much of her Colorado home base stunned with its revelations when she spoke the words in public, "I am an incest survivor." Read more.
June 2022
Have you ever wondered how authors write? How they get ideas? Prolific Sci-fi author and 2021 Inductee Kevin J. Anderson reveals how he writes in this edition of Attitudes with Altitude—sage advice for all authors and writers. Read more.
Discover the latest from Authors’ Hall of Fame Inductee Patricia Raybon and her hot new mystery, All That Is Secret. Read more.
April 2022
New April Authors Hall of Fame newsletter featuring authors Dom Testa and Justin Matott. Dom reveals how audio has changed “everything!" Read more.
March 2022
New May Authors Hall of Fame newsletter featuring Hall Inductive Sandra Dallas reveals: "My Five Books for a Desert Island." Read more.
View Our Debut Issue - February 2022
Hall Inductive Connie Willis reveals: Writing My Way through the Pandemic … in her words. Read more.
