 Award winning Southwestern author and journalist Sharon Niederman’s first novel, Return to Abo, was released by University of New Mexico Press in February, 2005. Inspired by stories she has collected from New Mexico ranch women and rooted in two decades of writing on the history, culture, environment, art, agriculture, lifeways and cuisine of the Southwest, this novel celebrates the traditions of rural life. “Return to Abo is about a small town in southeastern New Mexico that can’t decide if it wants to live or die,” the author says. “It is a contemporary novel about three generations of women living on a small ranch who are struggling to make peace with each other and with the land.”
One of the region’s most prolific freelancer writers, Niederman’s work frequently appears in Sunset Magazine, New Mexico Magazine and the Santa Fe New Mexican. She is a columnist for Sage Magazine of the Albuquerque Journal and a regular contributor to the Albuquerque Journal's Food Page. She is the author and editor of six books on Southwest culture. Sharon's impressive résumé includes a stint as the former arts editor of the Santa Fe Reporter, a writer for New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance and the New Mexico Beef Council. She is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, the Chuckwagon CowBelles and serves on the board of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, as well as the board of New Mexico Press Women.
She has written the text of two traveling museum exhibits, Ranch Women of New Mexico and Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico.
Email Sharon: sherites@swcp.com
An update of her Great Destinations: The Santa Fe & Taos Book, published by Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton, was published in Spring, 2006. Her next travel guide, The Explorer's Guide to New Mexico, will be published by The Countryman Press in Fall, 2008. This March and April, you can explore New Mexico with Sharon as your guide through the University of New Mexico's Division of Continuing Education's The Story of New Mexico series.
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