News And Reviews
Scenes from the Heartland named Finalist in Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award
Nine tales that bring to life the early 20th century as witnessed by one of America's most well-known painters.
Women’s Voices for Change reviews Scenes from the Heartland
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 Good Book Fairy has published a new Four-Star Review of The Silver Baron’s Wife
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).
Donna’s 2018 Saturday Evening Post Fiction Contest finalist, “A Landing Called Compromise” is available online
Donna’s 2018 Saturday Evening Post Fiction Contest finalist, “A Landing Called Compromise” is available online
Donna’s “A Landing Called Compromise” in Best Short Stories from the Saturday Evening Post 2018 Fiction Contest is now available on Amazon
This definitive collection of the best short stories from the sixth annual Great American Fiction Contest continues The Saturday Evening Post's mission to support the legacy of the storyteller.
Westword: Reinventing Baby Doe and Riding Scared With Murph: Two Spooky New Novels
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.
Review in Publishers Weekly/BookLife: The Silver Baron's Wife
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.
Live at the Algonquin: Interview by Susan Tepper with Donna Baier Stein
The Algonquin Round Table, also called The Round Table, was an informal group of American literary men and women who met daily for lunch on weekdays at a large round table in the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s and ’30s.
Publisher’s Weekly Book Review: The Silver Baron’s Wife
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.