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Sharyn McCrumb

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Sharyn McCrumb is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Ballad novels. She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature, the AWA Book of the Year, and Notable Books in both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. She was also named a Virginia Woman of History for Achievement in Literature. She lives and writes in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, fewer than one hundred miles from where her family settled in 1790.

Sharyn McCrumb Books

The Dark book cover

The Dark

Ellen Datlow
Old Land, Dark Land, Strange Land book cover

Old Land, Dark Land, Strange Land

John F. Suter
The Unquiet Grave book cover

The Unquiet Grave

Sharyn McCrumb
Mistletoe Mysteries book cover

Mistletoe Mysteries

Charlotte MacLeod
Prayers the Devil Answers book cover

Prayers the Devil Answers

Sharyn McCrumb
Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past book cover

Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past

Sharyn McCrumb
King's Mountain book cover

King's Mountain

Sharyn McCrumb
The Rosewood Casket book cover

The Rosewood Casket

Sharyn McCrumb
Quilt Stories book cover

Quilt Stories

Bobbie Ann Mason
The Ballad of Frankie Silver book cover

The Ballad of Frankie Silver

Sharyn McCrumb
The Ballad of Tom Dooley book cover

The Ballad of Tom Dooley

Sharyn McCrumb
The PMS Outlaws book cover

The PMS Outlaws

Sharyn McCrumb
Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories book cover

Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories

Sharyn McCrumb
Sick of Shadows book cover

Sick of Shadows

Sharyn McCrumb
MacPherson's Lament book cover

MacPherson's Lament

Sharyn McCrumb
Highland Laddie Gone book cover

Highland Laddie Gone

Sharyn McCrumb
Lovely in Her Bones book cover

Lovely in Her Bones

Sharyn McCrumb
Missing Susan book cover

Missing Susan

Sharyn McCrumb
Windsor Knot book cover

Windsor Knot

Sharyn McCrumb
Bimbos of the Death Sun book cover

Bimbos of the Death Sun

Sharyn McCrumb
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