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Renée Carrier

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in District of Columbia, The United States

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Fiction, Memoir, Psychology

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THE EARTH IS HER OWN, the riveting conclusion to Carrier's Riven Country series (a quartet) is available as an e-book and in paperback. What began with THE RIVEN COUNTRY OF SENGA MUNRO, the story of a wounded healer, nudged by the Universe, set mostly in Wyoming, proceeded with the second in the series, STARWALLOW, exploring the distance between home and the journey necessary to come home to oneself. THE SIMPLER, Book III, examines obsession and madness, whether in Paris, France, a manor in Ireland, Wyoming's Black Hills. The last poses the question, what exactly is Senga? Her captivity in a deep cave beneath Devils Tower leads to an unforeseen future, for one who sees what others cannot.

Renée's nonfiction work, CROFTER, A Wyoming Homestead THE EARTH IS HER OWN, the riveting conclusion to Carrier's Riven Country series (a quartet) is available as an e-book and in paperback. What began with THE RIVEN COUNTRY OF SENGA MUNRO, the story of a wounded healer, nudged by the Universe, set mostly in Wyoming, proceeded with the second in the series, STARWALLOW, exploring the distance between home and the journey necessary to come home to oneself. THE SIMPLER, Book III, examines obsession and madness, whether in Paris, France, a manor in Ireland, Wyoming's Black Hills. The last poses the question, what exactly is Senga? Her captivity in a deep cave beneath Devils Tower leads to an unforeseen future, for one who sees what others cannot.

Renée's nonfiction work, CROFTER, A Wyoming Homestead Manual and Radical Memoir, Rooted in Place, is available as an E-Book, paperback, and hardback. CROFTER describes life on a small rural homestead, disguised as pages of a manual. Amended by recollections of her Air Force childhood, she stretches memory decades into the now.

As a child, Renée lived in France and five Southern states, “migrating” to Wyoming at eighteen to attend the university where she earned a B.A in French. "Having lived in rural Wyoming for decades, I remain its student of place."

A memoir, A SINGULAR NOTION, was published in 2006 by the Higher Shelf imprint of Pronghorn Press. In 2010 she compiled, edited, and published her fighter-pilot father's early aviation memoir as a short run. Currently out of print, a second edition is planned.

The author and her husband, a retired school superintendent, tend an apple farm, a garden, and raise garlic and herbs—medicinal and culinary. Two children and three grandchildren live out of state. Renée is a past recipient of the Frank Neilson Doubleday Writing Award by the Wyoming Arts Council. She continues to sing and play the odd musical performance and practice family herbalism, which wends its way into her writing "like a possessed vine." She enjoys knitting, walking, reading, viewing good films, and traveling.

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	The Riven Country of Senga Munro (Riven Country, #1) 4.59 avg rating — 17 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
	Starwallow (The Riven Country Series, #2) 4.67 avg rating — 9 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
	THE SIMPLER: Book III of The Riven Country Series it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	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
	CROFTER: A Wyoming Homestead Manual and Radical Memoir, Rooted in Place really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 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
	A Singular Notion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	THE EARTH IS HER OWN: The Fourth Book of The Riven Country Quartet it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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	Devils Tower National Monument Climbing Handbook by Richard Guilmette, Dick Guilmette, Renée Carrier (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	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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