Judy Alter Books In Order

Maggie and Devildust Books In Order

  1. Maggie and a Horse Named Devildust (1989)
  2. Maggie and the Search for Devildust (1989)
  3. Maggie and Devildust-Ridin’ High! (1990)

Real Women of the American West Books In Order

  1. Libbie (1994)
  2. Sundance, Butch and Me (2002)
  3. Cherokee Rose (1996)
  4. Jessie (1995)

Kelly O’Connell Books In Order

  1. Skeleton in a Dead Space (2011)
  2. No Neighborhood for Old Women (2012)
  3. Trouble in a Big Box (2012)
  4. Danger Comes Home (2014)
  5. Deception in Strange Places (2014)
  6. Desperate for Death (2016)
  7. The Color of Fear (2017)
  8. Contract for Chaos (2018)

Blue Plate Cafe Mystery Books In Order

  1. Murder at the Blue Plate Cafe (2013)
  2. Murder at the Tremont House (2014)
  3. Murder at Peacock Mansion (2015)
  4. Murder at the Bus Depot (2018)

Oak Grove Mystery Books In Order

  1. The Perfect Coed (2014)
  2. Pigface and The Perfect Dog (2017)

Irene in Chicago Culinary Mystery Books In Order

  1. Irene in Danger (2021)

Novels

  1. After Pa Was Shot (1978)
  2. Luke and the Van Zandt County War (1984)
  3. Mattie (1988)
  4. Katie and the Recluse (1991)
  5. A Ballad for Sallie (1992)
  6. The Commanches (1994)
  7. Callie Shaw, Stableboy (1996)
  8. Haley Goes to Camp (1999)
  9. Noah’s Ride (2006)
  10. The Gilded Cage (2016)
  11. So Far From Paradise (2019)
  12. Saving Irene (2020)

Collections

  1. Unbridled Spirits (1994)
  2. Legend (1999)

Non fiction

Maggie and Devildust Book Covers

Real Women of the American West Book Covers

Kelly O’Connell Book Covers

Blue Plate Cafe Mystery Book Covers

Oak Grove Mystery Book Covers

Irene in Chicago Culinary Mystery Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Collections Book Covers

Non fiction Book Covers

Judy Alter Books Overview

Maggie and the Search for Devildust

In 1897, fifteen year old Maggie, having survived her year at Miss Porter’s school for Girls, returns home to Texas to train Devildust and ride in the Mulhall Wild West Show.

Maggie and Devildust-Ridin’ High!

Maggie, an eighteen year old cowgirl at the turn of the century, realizes her dream of starring in a Wild West show in Madison Square Garden with her beloved horse Devildust.

After Pa Was Shot

A thirteen year old girl’s life in turn of the century Texas is drastically altered when her father is killed.

Luke and the Van Zandt County War

A fourteen year old girl relates how Van Zandt County withdrew from Texas after the Civil War.

Mattie

Hired to care for the daughter of an influential doctor, the illegitimate Mattie fights for her dreams and eventually becomes a doctor herself, and she endures the challenges of early Nebraska throughout her years of practice.

Callie Shaw, Stableboy

Callie follows her fierce determination to work with horses by posing as a boy named Caleb and getting a job in a stable.

Noah’s Ride

Naked Came the Stranger set the format, but not always the tone or subject matter, for a whole string of books that appeared in the 1970s. Called collaborative or serial novels, the multi author works were set in the suburbs, the Blue Ridge Mountains, Florida, the American West, but never in Texas. Now a dozen Texas authors have gotten together to create a good old fashioned western novel. Each contributing author will write a chapter that builds on the work that precedes his or her chapter. The plot features Noah, a plantation slave who escapes and makes his way to the Union forces and, finally, Texas, where he establishes a small ranch, runs a few cattle, and, with wife Nelly, begins to raise a family. But Noah, who has taken the name Freeman and named his ranch Free Land, cannot leave his past behind. The slave catcher Quint Carpenter is the local sheriff, and he’s out for blood specifically Noah’s blood after Noah’s sister kills Quint s younger son. And carpetbagger Bear Coltrain, who once wanted to kidnap Noah and sell him back into slavery, now wants Noah’s land. And then John Malone comes along Noah once saved the former cavalry officer s life, and he wants to repay his debt. Can he help when someone kidnaps Noah s baby girl? Can he help save the ranch and, finally, save Noah s life? At press time for this catalog, half the chapters remain yet to be written, so the plot may change some but that’s the magic of a project such as this one. In cooperation with TCU Press, the Fort Worth Star Telegram announced a contest in which the winner became one of the contributing authors. Entries were posted on the Star Telegram web page, where the best three entries were chosen by popular vote. The staff of TCU Press chose the winner from among those entries. She is Mary Dittoe Kelly, and this will be her first published writing. A celebration at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall will bring all the authors together onstage to talk about the work, and the joys and problems of working in collaboration. Former Star Telegram book editor Jeff Guinn will moderate.

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