Sharyn McCrumb

I sent an e-mail to my favorite author, Sharyn McCrumb, telling her how much I enjoyed her books and how I've been a fan since I was in high school. (The story behind that is we needed to find a novel to do a report on and I just grabbed a book not really thinking i would enjoy it and well lets just say if you read her work you will understand)

I wasn't expecting a reply since I know how authors are busy with their writting and their lives, but imagine my surprise when I check my e-mail and found a reply from her 2 weeks later! Here is the letter, I have marked out my name for privacy sake.

Dear

Thanks very much for your heartening words about my novels. Since I spend much of my time in front of a computer screen, it's a joy to hear from someone I didn't invent, especially when they are so kind.I'm particularly glad you mentioned that you liked "Frankie Silver," because I got the sense that few of her contemporaries cared about her at the time she died, so it's heartening to think that people do care now, and that she has not been forgotten.Thanks again for your encouragement! I'm working on a new novel now, and I need all the help I can get.

All best wishes,
Sharyn McCrumb

I would suggest to anyone to go and look for one of these woman's books she writes them in great detail and sets them all in the Appalachin mountains. They are not romance novels and you will grow to love the characters and the story behind them . I suggest "Ode to Frankie Silver" since it has always been one of my favorite books of hers.