Whatever I'm working on--
I am finishing a new Ballad novel for Thomas Dunne Books The Devil Amongst the Lawyers, is set in 1935 in southwest Virginia, and features the young Nora Bonesteel. My template for this novel is the 17th century Japanese poem by Matsuo Basho "Oku No Kosomichi." My first co-authored work, a comic Southern novel written with ARCA/NASCAR driver Adam Edwards, has just found a publisher. Then: Celtic folklore and its American derivatives; Appalachian music and culture; Southern frontier history; NASCAR; and Japanese.
Music
Opera-- more on that later.
Traditional Appalachian Ballads and Scots/Irish music. The program on my Ballad novels with musical accompaniment by Celtibillies guitarist Jack Hinshelwood, has performed by us at libraries and colleges in 13 states and in Canada.
Movies
A film of my novel "The Rosewood Casket" is in the casting stage, and they hope to begin shooting soon. See my blog for an account of my adventures when Hollywood came to town.
Television
Books
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers (Thomas Dunne Books) and Faster Pastor (co-authored with Adam Edwards) (forthcoming)ONCE AROUND THE TRACK"ST. DALE,""
"The Songcatcher," "Ghost Riders," "The Ballad of Frankie Silver," "She Walks These Hills," "The Rosewood Casket", "The Hangman's Beautiful Daugher," "If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O"...
Sharyn McCrumb is a NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING NOVELIST whose works celebrating the history and folklore of Appalachia have received many awards and are taught in colleges and secondary schools throughout the country.
Her novel St. Dale, a modern "Canterbury Tales" featuring Dale Earnhardt, won a 2006 Library of Virginia Award and AWA Book of the Year. The novel was featured at the National Festival of the Book in 2006. Named as a “Virginia Woman of History” for 2008, Sharyn McCrumb is known for her Appalachian Ballad novels, including the New-York Times best-sellers She Walks These Hills. amd The Ballad of Frankie Silver.A film of The Rosewood Casket is in production.
Sharyn McCrumb’s Ballad novels, which include "GHOST RIDERS ," "THE SONGCATCHER", "THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE SILVER," "THE ROSEWOOD CASKET," "SHE WALKS THESE HILLS," "THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER," and "IF EVER I RETURN, PRETTY PEGGY-O," have been named Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.
Sharyn McCrumb is working on a new Ballad novel, The Devil Amongst the Lawyers, set in 1935 in southwest Virginia. She recently complate her first co-authored work, Faster Pastor, a comic Southern novel co-authored by ARCA/NASCAR driver Adam Edwards.
She has lectured on her work at Oxford University, the Smithsonian, at writers workshops in Paris and in Berlin, and at universities and libraries throughout the US & Canada. For more information, see: www.sharynmccrumb.com
Thanks for the add! I just finished reading "If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-o".....again.... for about the fourth time... still takes my breath away every time!
saw your write up in the Blue Ridge magazine & had to buy it.You did an awesome job, as usual!!! Please write a little faster cant find GREAT books anymore. Deloris
Your driver (and mine) garnered the following mention in washingtonpost.com's The Reliable Source column today: "NASCAR driver Ward Burton better looking in person and shorter than expected."
I miss seeing him on Sundays; rooting for Baby Brother in the CAT car simply isn't the same. In fact, it's almost painful.
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