Chris Enss

Chris Enss is a New York Times best selling author who has penned more than 40 books on the subject of women of the American West. Her work has been honored with multiple awards including eleven Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, two Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, Oklahoma Center of the Book Award, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award for scholarly nonfiction from Women Writing the West. Enss’s most recent book is entitled Tilghman: The Legendary Lawman and the Woman Who Inspired Him.

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Awards: Will Rogers Medallion Award winner, Academy of Western Artists Elmer Kelton Book Award, Oklahoma Center of the Book Award, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and the Willa Cather Award for scholarly nonfiction work from Women Writing the West.

They Dared to Speak Up

What happens when reality upends expectations? These three authors explore through history, memoir and fiction women hailing from different eras who were forced to contend with difficult family relations and community prejudices, yet who stayed strong and held their ground.

Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110)  
Sun, Mar 16, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
History / Biography
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Jane Botkin, Chris Enss, Michele Feeney
Moderator: Mary Holden

Books:

Tilghman

Bill Tilghman, Zoe Stratton, and the Making of a Legendary Lawman
History / Biography
Globe Pequot Press
January 2024
ISBN 9781493046065
236 pages

The Doctor Was a Woman

Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier
History / Biography
TwoDot
January 2024
ISBN 9781493062928
224 pages