Long-time Nederland, Colorado, resident Kay Turnbaugh owned the local newspaper for 27 years. During that time she wrote several articles about Goldie Cameron, never guessing that when she sold the paper she would devote four years of her life to researching the fascinating life of one of our country’s first professional female athletes who worked as a cowgirl, bronco buster, and local entrepreneur. The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls: A True Story was a finalist for a Willa Literary Award in Creative Non-Fiction for 2010. The author also has written books about local history, a kids’ book about the mountain pine beetle, and co-authored several hiking guidebooks. Find her at www.kayturnbaugh.com.

Other books by the author:

Following in Their Footsteps: Historical Hikes of the Northern Front Range (with Lee Tillotson)

Rocky Mountain National Park Dining Room Girl: The Summer of 1926 at the Horseshoe Inn (with Lee Tillotson)

Images of America: Around Nederland

The Mountain Pine Beetle—Tiny but Mighty

Afoot & Afield: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins and Rocky Mountain National Park (with Alan Apt)

Ski Touring Routes: Colorado’s Front Range (with Alan Apt)