Elisabeth Grace Foley

Historical Fiction Author

The storm has arrived…

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The great day is finally here—Through Western Storms is now officially available in paperback and ebook! A large-print library binding edition which will be released in November is also currently available for pre-order.

My story, “Valiant-For-Truth,” is one of a dozen thrilling tales of storms both literal and figurative set across the landscape of the American West. I’m so honored and delighted to be included in the lineup of authors rounded up by editor Richard Prosch: Jane Little Botkin, W. Michael Farmer, Natalie Cline Bright and Denise F. McAllister, Jim Jones, Preston Lewis, Jackson Lowry, Nancy McCabe, Scott McCrea, Vonn McKee, John D. Nesbitt, and Big Jim Williams.

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Summer Reading 2024

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I feel like I don’t know when exactly I made a summer reading list this year—perhaps because I’ve been so busy this spring—but it went through all the usual stages: a few titles jotted down early in the year; a little dithering and head-scratching trying to think of more to bring it up to the usual number; seeming rather cobbled-together for a while but taking on a sort of shape when I put the finishing touches on it for this post. It started out a little more weighted towards nonfiction, but ended up being a roughly even split—and as far as subject matter goes, there seems to be two distinct trends here, if you see what I mean:

A Pastoral Song by James Rebanks
Cimarron by Edna Ferber
Rhododendron Pie by Margery Sharp
Country Editor’s Boy by Hal Borland
Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich
The Husband Hunters by Anne de Courcy
Our Man in Havana by Grahame Greene
False Colours by Georgette Heyer
The Provincial Lady in War-Time by E.M. Delafield
The Wire-Cutters by Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis
Cowboys and Cattle Kings by C.L. Sonnichsen*
Sussex, Kent, and Surrey 1939 by Richard Wyndham
Jane Austen and the Navy by B.C. Southam**

*I started this one earlier in the year and got sidetracked, but I am eager to finish it.

**If I can find an affordable copy…of course I would be the one to add a random title to my list because I thought it looked interesting, and then find it’s out of print and even paperback copies are ridiculously expensive…

what’s on your summer reading list?

image: “A Walk by the River” by Alfred Augustus Glendening Jr.

Announcing “Through Western Storms”

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Today I have a really exciting announcement.

I’m thrilled to reveal that I have a story in the upcoming multi-author Western anthology Through Western Storms, alongside an amazing lineup of Western authors! I’m still pinching myself to see if this is really happening. It’s the kind of thing I’ve always dreamed about, and yes, it’s really coming true.

Here’s the book description:

Crashing thunder! Pelting sand! The whirl of confusion and the winds of madness.

Join 13 unsurpassed storytellers to journey through Western storms with tales of perseverance, grit, and courage as vast as the 19th-century American landscape.

Curated by award-winning editor Richard Prosch, Through Western Storms features the best Western writers working in America today.

Through Western Storms is currently available for preorder on Kindle—the paperback and ebook will release on August 6th, 2024, and there will also be a large print library edition from Thorndike coming in November. You can also watch the book trailer on YouTube, and add it to your to-read shelf on Goodreads!