heather sharfeddin
I started my career as a storyteller in the first grade, though my teacher preferred the term "liar." Confused, I went on to become an auctioneer's assistant, carhop, billing clerk, motel maid, technical writer, knowledge management director, web usability analyst, and finally, novelist. So, you can get paid to make things up!

My first novel Blackbelly, published in 2005 by Bridge Works Publishing, is set in central Idaho where I spent much of my childhood. In 2006 my second novel Mineral Spirits was published, also by Bridge Works Publishing, and is set in remote Mineral County, Montana.

Blackbelly has earned starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal, and was named one of the top five novels of 2006 by the Portsmouth Harold. Mineral Spirits also received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, and both novels were selected by the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association as "Best of the Northwest" titles.

My latest novel, Windless Summer, is now on sale.

A mystery, a rumination on love, family and devotion, and a glimpse into the uncanny.

"...Sharfeddin's best work yet." Publishers Weekly

"Intense" and "Disturbing" The Boston Globe

"Imagine Annie Proulx taking on the Salem witch trials." - Robin Cody, author of Ricochet River

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