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Kathryn Wilder

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in Berkeley, The United States

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https://wilderhorses.live

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Kathryn Wilder's The Last Cows: On Ranching, Wonder, and a Woman's Heart, is out now from Bison Books, with a starred review from Booklist! Her previous memoir, Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West, won the 2022 Colorado Book Award in Creative Nonfiction and a Nautilus Book Award in Memoir. Additional awards include the Western Heritage Award, Ellen Meloy Desert Writer's Award, and others. Wilder holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She writes and cowboys in southwestern Colorado.

P.S. The Fractured Sky is not by this Kathryn Wilder. ...more

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	The Pearl Sister: The Seven Sisters Book 4 by Lucinda Riley, Kathryn Wilder (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.31 avg rating — 104,838 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking Free by Renae Black, Kathryn Wilder (Goodreads Author) (narrator), W.F. Howes Ltd. (publisher) 4.50 avg rating — 143 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West 3.98 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking the Twilight: Women Writers of the Southwest 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forbidden Talent 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking the Twilight II: Women Writers of the Southwest 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Cows: On Ranching, Wonder, and a Woman’s Heart 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative Issue 14.2 Spring 2013 by Joe Mackall (Editor), Kathryn Wilder (Goodreads Author), Richard Goodman (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kathryn Wilder liked deb B's review of The Last Cows: On Ranching, Wonder, and a Woman's Heart (Our Regenerative Future): "Ranching has always held a certain appeal to me so as a single, 60 something female, living alone in Wyoming, I really enjoyed this read. "
Dec 14, 2025 06:21PM · see review
Kathryn Wilder rated a book it was amazing Drinking Wild Water: Essays (Voice in the American West) by Amy M. Hale	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am thrilled to be reading more of Amy Hale's wonderful work! She does indeed drink wild water, and she rides through it and under it and in it in her life as a cowboy and writer. "The beauty of my two jobs is that they often go hand in hand," she w ...more
Nov 03, 2025 06:26AM · like · see review
Kathryn Wilder liked Adams Hub's review of Drinking Wild Water: Essays (Voice in the American West): "Few writers can capture the bond between the human spirit and the natural world the way Amy M. Hale does. Her essays are intimate and wise, reminding us that healing often begins where the land meets our souls. I felt seen, soothed, and inspired — a " Read more of this review »
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Kathryn Wilder is now following Amy M. Hale Author of Drinking Wild Water: Essays (Voice in the Ameri...
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Kathryn Wilder rated a book it was amazing Drinking Wild Water: Essays (Voice in the American West) by Amy M. Hale	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am thrilled to be reading more of Amy Hale's wonderful work! She does indeed drink wild water, and she rides through it and under it and in it in her life as a cowboy and writer. "The beauty of my two jobs is that they often go hand in hand," she w ...more
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Kathryn Wilder liked Trish Friant's review of Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West: "I found Desert Chrome to be a beautiful intimate glimpse into the author’s early wild and pain filled life, followed by her ultimate recovery thru perseverance, strong will and strong love. She is a woman who is fiercely protective of her family, fri" Read more of this review »
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Kathryn Wilder liked Rebecca Lawton's blog post: Sorry "During election week in America, I visited Canada with Steelhead, celebrating 20 years of marriage. We spent a week in Victoria, B.C., prowling museums, beaches, restaurants, and (of course!) tea houses.We also watched U.S. election returns until ..." Read more of this blog post »
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Kathryn Wilder voted for Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me as Readers' Favorite Memoir in the Final Round of the 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards. Cast Your Vote
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