Thanks to Elizabeth Cohen and American Book Review, Project Muse has published a review of Letting Rain Have Its Say.

For Scenes from the Heartland, Baier Stein selects nine of Benton’s lithographs and, starting with what the artist chose to depict, weaves an intricate tapestry of mothers, sons, fathers, and daughters, people struggling against any number of odds in the Midwest of the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s.

The Silver Baron’s Wife is a beautifully written, moving, and historically rich, fictionalized account inspired by the true story of the life of Elizabeth Doe Tabor (widely known as Baby Doe Tabor).

Just in time for Halloween, two novels dealing with eerie Colorado themes are haunting local bookstores. One is a fictionalized channeling of one of the state's most celebrated and puzzling historical figures, while the other is a semi-comic mystery dealing with seances, Riverside Cemetery, cab driving and other scary topics.

In this eloquent novel, Stein portrays the independent, eccentric, and resilient woman known as Baby Doe, a legendary figure from Colorado’s silver boom. Stein’s blend of love story, scandal, and mystical experience is satisfying and entertaining.

In this eloquent novel, Stein portrays the independent, eccentric, and resilient woman known as Baby Doe, a legendary figure from Colorado’s silver boom. Elizabeth “Lizzie” McCourt Doe is a renowned beauty who moved from Wisconsin to Colorado in the 1870s so that her husband, Harvey Doe, could work in the silver mine that they partially owned.

These two authors, Donna Baier Stein and Ronna Wineberg, met at a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Middlebury, Vermont. They became fast friends and interestingly, their writing careers have paralleled one another. Both have written novels and short story collections, have won prizes, and have an involvement with journals that publish the works of upcoming writers.

The Silver Baron's Wife traces the rags-to-riches-to-rags life of Colorado's Baby Doe Tabor (Lizzie). This fascinating heroine worked in the silver mines and had two scandalous marriages, one to a philandering opium addict and one to a Senator and silver baron worth $24 million in the late 19th century.

Award-winning literary novelist Donna Baier Stein has just published a moving and powerful portrait of a controversial and memorable character well-known here in Leadville, but little-known at lesser altitudes. “The Silver Baron’s Wife” is the fictional story of Baby Doe Tabor, the second wife of Horace Tabor, the 1880s Silver King who left his name on many local landmarks.