Jamie ForbesJamie Lisa Forbes was raised on a ranch in the Little Laramie Valley near Laramie, Wyoming. She attended the University of Colorado where she obtained degrees in English and philosophy. After fourteen months living in Israel, she returned to her famiy's ranch where she lived for another fifteen years.In 1994, she moved to Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2001, she graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began her North Carolina law practice. Forbes' first novel of life in the rural West, Unbroken, won the WILLA Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction in 2011. Her collection of short stories, The Widow Smalls and Other Stories, won the High Plains Book Awards for a short story collection in 2015.Forbes' novel of rural North Carolina in the segregation era, entitled Eden, was published in 2020. Her historical novel about women bronc riders in the early days of rodeo, entitled Sunny Gale, was published in May 2024 by Pronghorn Press.Sunny Gale--A Novel has received the following accolades: 2025 Will Rogers Silver Medallion--historical fiction category; 2025 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist--historical fiction category; 2025 Feathered Quill Book Award Finalist--women's fiction category; Listed in Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2024; Kirkus Reviews starred review. Ms. Forbes continues to live-and write-in North Carolina. Read More Read Less