Shelley Read is a fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope.
She is a regular contributor to Crested Butte Magazine and Gunnison Valley Journal , and has written for the Denver Post and a variety of publications..
Shelley holds degrees in writing and literary studies from the University of Denver and Temple University\'s Graduate Program in Creative Writing.
She was a Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and Honors, and was a founder of the Environment & Sustainability major and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students.
Shelley Read is a fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope
