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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2007
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Book List in Order: 3 titles



  • ...catches the ambiance of West over the last 40 years...excellent at describing settings, also wonderful at creating unforgettable characters. -- KLIATTIntrospective and soul-searching, but not self-indulgent...Teens who like Ernest Hemingway or Jim...



  • In the wake of family tragedy, Indiana farmer Thompson Grey takes to the Santa Fe Trail in a beautifully scripted, spare and powerful story of relationships, human frailties, and ultimately, redemption. In spring of 1858 Thompson Grey, a young far...



  • Clayton Royster is a waterman living in the fictional coastal town of Sand Point, Virginia. Since childhood in the 1940s, he's plied the local waters, crabbing in the estuaries, and fishing the open waters of the sea. But when Loretta Pine, the teena...




Award-Winning Books by Gary Schanbacher

Crossing Purgatory
2013 Langum Prize for Historical Literature -- Historical Fiction
2014 Spur Award -- Traditional
Migration Patterns: Stories
2008 Colorado Book Award -- General Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gary Schanbacher has published 3 books.

Gary Schanbacher does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Waterman, was published in October 2024.

The first book by Gary Schanbacher, Migration Patterns: Stories, was published in September 2007.

No. Gary Schanbacher does not write books in series.