Margaret Coel (born October 11, 1937, in Denver, Colorado) is an American historian and mystery writer who lives in Boulder, Colorado. She graduated in journalism from Marquette University in 1960 and worked on the Boulder Daily Camera. Coel has received six Colorado Book Awards and one WILLA Literary Award.
This series -- 20 books published from 1995 to 2016 -- is set in Wyoming's Wind River Reservation and adjacent towns. The story lines are based on actual crimes and injustices. Vicky Holden, an Arapaho lawyer, and Father John O'Malley, a Jesuit priest, collaborate to solve these crimes and rectify these injustices.
Chief Left Hand. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8061-2030-0.Goin' Railroading: Two Generations of Colorado Stories as told by Sam Speas. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1985. ISBN 0-87081-497-4/978-0-87081-497-6.The Eagle Catcher. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 1995The Ghost Walker. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1996The Dream Stalker. A Vicy Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 1997The Story Teller. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1998The Lost Bird. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1999The Spirit Woman. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2000The Thunder Keeper. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2001The Shadow Dancer. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2002Killing Raven. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2003Wife of Moon. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2004Eye of Wolf. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2005The Drowning Man. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2006The Girl with Braided Hair. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2007Blood Memory. A Catherine McLeod book. 2008The Silent Spirit. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2009The Spider's Web. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2010The Perfect Suspect. A Catherine McLeod book. 2011Buffalo Bill's Dead Now. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2012Killing Custer. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2013Night of the White Buffalo. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2014The Man Who Fell from the Sky. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2015Winter's Child. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2016, final book in the Wind River Reservation series.
