Shelley Read's internationally bestselling debut novel, Go As A River, is being translated into
over thirty languages and has been optioned for film by Mazur Kaplan in partnership with
Fifth Season. An instant Sunday Times bestseller, Go As A River is also a 2023 Amazon
Editor's Pick Best Debut, a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, and a Colorado Public Radio
Best Book of the Year, among other accolades. Shelley was an award-winning Senior
Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades where she taught writing,
literature, environmental studies, and honors. She holds degrees in writing and literary studies
from the University of Denver and Temple University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing
and is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal. Shelley
is a mom, mountaineer, world traveler, and fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her
family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope.