Sheila Myers
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Sheila Myers

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Sheila Myers' novels explore family sagas set in both contemporary and historical settings. Her work has earned critical acclaim, including a starred Kirkus review and recognition from the Adirondack Center for Writing, and is known for its richly drawn characters and deep sense of place.


A professor at a small college in upstate New York, Myers teaches ecology and brings her interest in landscape and natural systems into her fiction. Her debut trilogy follows the family of railroad magnate Dr. Thomas C. Durant, inspired by time spent at one of the Great Camps built by his son in the Adirondack wilderness. The series includes Imaginary Brightness (2015), Castles in the Air (2016), and The Night is Done (2017), with the final installment receiving the 2017 Best Book of Fiction Literary Award from the Adirondack Center for Writing.


Her subsequent novel, The Truth of Who You Are (2022), is set during the Great Depression in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Her most recent novel, The Painting (2026), is a contemporary family drama inspired by a legal dispute surrounding the sale of a Hudson River School painting from the William Seward House Museum.


Myers's essays on her research have appeared in Adirondack Life, Appalachian Club Magazine, and The Great Lakes Review She has been featured on the History Author Show, Based on a True Story podcasts, and the History Channel.


When not writing or teaching, she can often be found hiking, swimming in lakes, or exploring wild landscapes in search of inspiration.
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