Sue Cauhape
Sue Cauhape, author of Paradise Ridge, has lived in the Great Basin most of her life. While studying English at the University of Utah, she cut her writing teeth at the Deseret News. In Santa Cruz, CA, she joined the Santa Cruz Storytellers, telling everything from folktales to Shakespeare to adults and children. In Truckee, she joined the Jibboom Street Poets and published in Moonshine Ink, the Ash Canyon Review and the Jibboom writers first book of poetry. While in Truckee, she wrote feature articles for Our Town Truckee and the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Take a peek at her mini-vacation video, Eastern Sierra Surprise on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HioyGkaPSdY
Cauhape currently resides in Nevada on a one-acre backyard farm she calls Rancho Pequeno. She and her husband, Jeff, grow vegies and chickens and keep their daughter s horse, Abby, who is the subject of Sue s poetry book, When the Horses Come and Go.
Information about her books: When the Horses Come and Go, and Paradise Ridge, as well as other writings can be found on Sue s website: ringaroundbasin.com.
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Take a peek at her mini-vacation video, Eastern Sierra Surprise on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HioyGkaPSdY
Cauhape currently resides in Nevada on a one-acre backyard farm she calls Rancho Pequeno. She and her husband, Jeff, grow vegies and chickens and keep their daughter s horse, Abby, who is the subject of Sue s poetry book, When the Horses Come and Go.
Information about her books: When the Horses Come and Go, and Paradise Ridge, as well as other writings can be found on Sue s website: ringaroundbasin.com.
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Majored in English and writing at University of Utah, Cabrillo College, Sierra College.Interests
Sue Cauhape enjoys quilting, knitting, and jeeping around the Great Basin. Catch her YouTube video, Eastern Sierra Surprises at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HioMotto
There's always one more hill to climb to find a new adventure.Affiliations
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