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As as of May 2013, my 6 Alaska novels are available in Ebook format. I’m so honored to be one of the authors at Open Road Integrated Media!  http://www.openroadmedia.com/

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My Open Road Author page is here: http://www.openroadmedia.com/search/?q=sue%20harrison

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  1. Oh Sabrina, this beautiful message brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing your kind sentiments with me. I was smiling with happiness as I read, and then when I realized you’d begun with my second and more complex trilogy when you were only 16, I was amazed! I agree that books and stories carry us far away, and that they are a wonderful way to forget the whole world around. And by the way, your English is marvelous. My poor German will allow me to say hello and good bye and little else, although my grandmother’s cradle language was German. Unfortunately, we didn’t pass down the gift of using your language except in a few phrases and sentences.

    Fortunately, all of us in my family been safe and well during this pandemic, but we live in a remote region of the US so it did not come to our nearest town until October. Now we are hit hard and staying close to home. My father is almost 94 and he is VERY bored staying at his house most of the time, but I visit him often. (And bring him food!) The good news is that he loves to read!! That keeps him entertained.

    Again Sabrina, thank you for your very kind words about my books. May God keep you safe, well, and able to find joy even in difficult times. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family! Here’s hoping 2021 is much more kind to all of us on Earth than 202 has been! Fond regards, Sue Harrison

  2. Special thanks for my favorite author

    In June 1999 my parents chose to spend our holidays on Pender Island. Knowing about the long flight, two days before I grapped the thickest book I could find in our super market, without even spending time to read about the content.
    It happened to carry the title “Cry of the River”.

    The first step of our journey to Canada was to fly about one hour from Düsseldorf to Heathrow. Curious I read the backpaper of the book on this short flight and to be honest – as sixteen year old girl, I was completely disappointed. Thinking to have bought the most boring book around the world. Never having been interested much in fictional history, I hurried to take it back into my bag.
    The second flight to Vancouver took us about nine hours and soon got boring enough to make me get out the book again.

    What shall I say – today I am really thankful that 20 years ago, I had no access to a nearby tv in the airplane and so, about 50 pages later I found back myself in a world completely different to my own. During this holidays I read the book, astonished to learn so many cultural backgrounds and points of view I never had dealed with or even spent thoughts about before.
    Anyway. Coming back to school, I didn’t think a lot about the book anymore until – three years later – a teacher wanted us to share a book in our English lessons. Remembering Cry of the River, I bought it in it’s original language and read it again.

    In german it already was quite a good book – one of my favorites. But in english, it became magical to me and somehow I got really infected with it.

    I admit – now with 39 years – I am not able to tell how many times I read the trilogy. Today I know a lot of parts by heart and still, especially in times I don’t feel comfortable, I like to read them (or parts of them) again. Often as ebook, sometimes in the good old style as paperbook – I have all the books multiple times and though the storyteller trilogy still are my favorite books, I also read and enjoyed the ivory carver trilogy nearly as much.

    It just seems for all situations in my own life, there is a page within your books, that is able to support me with advise in a magical way. I got more adult through your lines and much more reflected.

    For this I want to thank you. And for the many strong characters, I keep deep within my heart as fictional idols. Together with my family and friends, they helped me through some really struggling times of my life.

    Books and stories are definitely able to carry you far away and let you forget the whole world around. Thank you too, for sending me with your trilogies on this special journeys into ancient Alaska.
    And not at least for my English skills – they are surely not the best, but anyway increased enormously by reading your books over and over again. 😉

    Even in times of corona, I like to quote Aqamdax: “Sometimes things get tangled and the only way to untangle them, is to let go.”
    In this moment for me it means to accept, that things change radically. Of course not all changes are good. But neither are all of them bad – and I am eager to learn about both sides.

    Please excuse the long text, but I felt a strong need to express you my thankfulness.

    I wish a calm and healthy Christmas time for you and your family.

  3. I don’t have other prehistorics out there, Wendy. I do have one written but not published yet. Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear have many. I think you’d enjoy their novels set in prehistoric North America.

  4. Hi Sue. I enjoyed reading both of your trilogies. Are there any other books swt in pre-historic times out there? I love your writing style!

  6. Hey, Sue, I’ve read 5 of your books more than once, since the stories are so very interesting. I really enjoy this type of fiction. Thank you so very much for the hours of enjoyment you have given. I was looking for the next book in the series and will be going to get my copy.

  7. Thank you, Buffie, for your sweet comments about my novels, and thank you also for sharing the books with friends and family members! The first series does have only 3 books in it. I do, however, have a very few hardcover copies of the of the last book in The Storyteller Trilogy. They are for sale on my store page on this website for $10 each plus postage. You should be able to snag a copy on ebay also and various used book sites. Thank you for taking the time to write to me!

  8. Hello to one of the best story tellers ever. I cannot tell you how much I love your books. I have been reading and re-reading them since the first book came out. Sadly I am missing #four of the first series and the last of the story tellers series. I am hoping I can perhaps find them on e-bay. I have loaned these books to friends and family members and , they too, have enjoyed them immensely. I read many different genres of books but yours are by far my favorite.

    Thank you for the time you have taken from your personal life to give joy to others.

  9. You are so kind, Rosa. Thank you! I’m delighted that you have enjoyed my books. I continue to write and hope to be able to announce another published book within a year or two!

  10. I read the first 5 books years ago and kept looking for more so re-read them again. I was so happy to see Call down the stars available on Amazon as an ebook. I read it and since it had been a few years since I read the others, started at the beginning again. Each time I notice something new. I love the way you write, I lose track of time but that’s okay because now I have all the time to indulge in reading since I am retired. I’m looking forward to any and all books you write. Not many writers capture my interest as you do. Thank you for the joy you bring to us.

  11. Thank you more than I can say, Mary Beacham, for your kind words about my books. Amazon should have used copies of Call Down the Stars if you do a search for that title. All 6 of my Alaska books are available as ebooks through Open Road Integrated Media via their website or any ebook retailer. My trilogies are the following: The Ivory Carver Trilogy includes Mother Earth Father Sky, My Sister the Moon, and Brother Wind. The Storyteller Trilogy includes Song of the River, Cry of the Wind, and Call Down the Stars. Thank you for your support of my work!!

  12. Dear Mrs. Harrison, I just finished Cry of the Wind….This is my 4th time of reading Mother Earth Father Sky, My sister the Moon, Brother Wind and Song of the River. Each time I have read this series I am able to lose myself and live as if I am a member of the tribes and I forget everything else. I was sad to finish Cry of the Wind and then I saw that you had a web site. When I looked for you before on Google or Amazon they didn’t mention Call Down the Stars. I am anxious to call our local library tomorrow to see if they might be able to hunt it down. Needless to say you are a great treasure to me and my mind. I didn’t know about The Ivory Carver Trilogy….I believe the Story Teller Trilogy is the one that I have just reread. I honor you and I am so thankful for you. Years ago I had everyone that I knew reading your books…..Waxal and K’os sure are irritating……I am such a fan. I trillion happy days be yours dear writer,
    Love from my heart and soul, Mary Beacham.

  14. Dear Sue, thank you for your wonderful Stories.
    I have read your trilogy “Mother Earth Father Sky , My Sister The Moon and Brother Wind” about ten years ago, and just reread them again , and again find them so fascinating. I just looked up on the Internet to see if your next trilogy is finished.
    Thank you, I am looking forward to reading the “Trilogy of the Story Tellers’ .
    I am 80 years old and reading is now my only adventure. I am also looking forward to your ” Prehistoric Eastern European Novel”. Thank you again, Martha Wolf.

  15. Thank you for your kind words, Anne. With your knowledge and background and heritage, you make my day sing with your compliments.

  16. Hi Sue, I LOVE all of your books. I am an Alaskan Native woman and your characters bring me back to my own upbringing with my grandparents. The native food, the traditions, the subsistence, all of it. We hunt the whale and seal, as well as caribou and moose and everything in between where I live (in northern Alaska). I appreciate your work and research you have done to keep your stories as close to how many Alaskan Natives still live today.

  17. Hi Sue. Most of my books are available through used book sellers (for around 0.01 apiece – ouch) , but you might have to hunt a bit to find them. Again, thank you so much for your work in the historical area. I hope to live long enough to see true historicals make a come back!

  18. Oh Lindsay, Thank you so much for your very kind comments. I’m a Michael Crichton fan, too, as is my husband, so I know you’ve put me in heady company!! So today, I’m starting out with a huge smile on my face, thanks to you!!

  19. I just now finished Brother Wind and am hunting the local library catalogs for the Storyteller triology books to have them sent to my closest one. My friend sent me Mother Earth Father Sky and My Sister the Moon years ago, but it got shoved to the side in the craziness of life. I have recently found myself unemployed and, so, I can stay up a little later at nights reading. I started your books and “a little later” quickly became “all night” (I am an avid reader, but never managed to be a fast reader). You are a captivating writer. I have always claimed Michael Crichton as my author of choice, given his skill and my live for science fiction, but you and your historical fiction are giving him a run for his money! I look forward to reading the Storyteller triology, in addition to your other series I know you are doing/have done!

  20. Thank you so much, Kathy. Are any of your novels still available? I’m always looking for “new authors” to read.

  21. Hi Sue. I just discovered your books and am lining them up to read back to back. I also want to thank you for fighting the good fight for historical authors. I am a historical writer with 11 novels who, unfortunately, chose way back to craft them as historical romances rather than mainstream fiction. In the day of “true historicals” (history first, romance second in order of importance) I greatly enjoyed writing and reading these type of books. But the market changed, putting romance first and history (or what passed as historical research) second in most cases. I love the ancient Native American time period and used Native American settings as well, about 1600 to the late 1800s in most cases.

    But now, alas, I just got tired of the struggle with agents and editors and am now a reader instead of a writer. I do so admire your “stick-to-it-ness” and look forward to reading more of your work.

  23. Love love love all those books…I am an avid reader and I pick up the series twice a year it never gets old. you do awesome research although I am not alutiiq I am Yupik (short ones) I was blown by how accurate your stories are…I am thirsting and yearning for more of your work…love it

  24. Oh Melanie, Thank you so much for taking time to write such a lovely message. Sunshine in my day for sure! My current novel-in-progress is BONE FIRE, which is set in Europe 5800 B.C. It’s been fun to write and I’m currently on the last edit before I send it to my editor. That means I have no solid timeline for publication because she may request many or few edits. We’ll see!!

    Recently, I have begun to appreciate even more the courage and strength of people who are blind. I’m battling macular degeneration and still have good vision, but I can get aggravated with that middle “blur,” especially when I’m reading. God bless you, Melanie.

  25. Sue!

    I have just finished reading your 6 Alaska novels – I read them straight off, one after the other!! I am totally blind so listened to them via Audible.co.uk. The books are absolutely brilliant and I lost myself in the world of the characters and their environment. The narrators were also excellent. I look forward in the future to reading more books by you – I am hooked!! Like others, I came on here to see if there were any more.

  26. Thank you, Susanna. I’m so delighted that you have enjoyed my novels! I’m working hard on my next novel, BONE FIRE, and am excited to hear that you are looking forward to its release!!

  27. Hi Sue!
    I have read both your trilogies many many times! I love your stories! There are only few books in the world which I’ve been reading more than once. Every time I read your trilogies, I find something new from them. The story of Kiin is my favourite.
    Can’t wait for your next book!
    Greetings from Finland!

  29. Thank you so much! I love your work! I will be looking for more of your books and with out thinking twice I’ll buy them!! You are an incredible writer! Much love ☺

  30. Thank you, Dania. You’re so kind to comment! Yes, there is a sequel and a prequel. My Sister the Moon is the middle book of the Ivory Carver Trilogy. The first novel is the story of Chagak and the name is Mother Earth Father Sky. The third novel begins exactly where My Sister the Moon leaves off (actually it starts with a recap of the MSTM’s last chapter). The title is BROTHER WIND.

  31. Hi I just finished reading you amazing novel “My Sister The Moon” and was wondering if you will or already have a sequel to it. I love that novel so much!

  33. Just a thank you for the wonderful books I’ve had the pleasure of reading. I’m a huge fan of prehistoric fiction. I’ve just re – read your 6 books for the 5th time. It’s pretty much on an every other year schedule now. They are amazing stories that I can lose myself in. I’m so looking forward to the next one. Your writing is amazing. Thank you.

  34. Thank you so much, Dale Lounsbury!! You’re so kind to take the time to write. Lots of sunshine in my life today!!

  35. Jut finished reading for the second consecutive time your Story Teller Trilogy, and am amazed at your writing. Gifts such as yours are rare, and sharing with your readers that skill is, in turn, a gift to all. Well Done!

  36. Thank you so much, Wanda! It was such a fun book to write, despite trying to envision life through two storytellers’ points of view. Now I’m working on BONE FIRE, a novel set in ancient Eastern Europe. I’m having fun!!

  37. I must add my compliments to the ‘story teller.’ I think we learn a lot about you from your writing that we wouldn’t consider…the perspective of different story tellers, the effort to meet the listeners/readers expectations and limits, to name a few.

    I have enjoyed all of your books and look forward to future productions. Keep them coming!

  38. Thank you for reading my novels, Stephanie! I appreciate it so much. The characters of Song of the River are related to those in The Ivory Carver Trilogy, but two thousand years separate the stories, so a family tree would be almost impossible to construct, but later in the novel you will note a reference to Kiin and storytellers in my first trilogy. I would like to write one or more books that take place between the 2 trilogies, but that opportunity hasn’t yet come to me for various reasons. I think those books would be more closely linked to the first trilogy (Ivory) rather than the second (Storyteller). Thank you for your interest and again, thank you for reading!!!

  39. Sue, I enjoyed reading the Ivory Carver trilogy and am now reading the Storyteller trilogy! I literally had to run to the computer (reading on my kindle) to see if there might be a family tree to show the lineage and also to see if there were any in between trilogy’s. If you ever do write a series linking the 2 or share an ancestral lineage, I’d sure love to know when it might be available. In Song of the River about the brothers Sok and Chaliux, I couldn’t help but think of brothers Samiq, Amgigh and their sons. Are the characters descendants? And of course the list I wonder about can go on about ancestral lineage!

  40. Thank you so much, Geri. As I continue to work on my current novel BONE FIRE, I hope you’ll drop in at Sue Harrison Author (on Facebook) and help me out with ideas and join in the voting and the fun. My FB friends are helping me a lot with the novel!!

  43. Dear Sue
    I have read all of you books again and again, and each time a was amazed anew.
    Thank you for giving us such stories. These are just fictions, but they make my life more bearable and encouraging me to go on with a positive attitude.
    I am looking forward to your next book.
    Elfriede Valente

  44. I remember that reading, and I’m delighted that you’ve pursued your writing career with such wonderful results Marylou. I’m more than honored that you would include me in your Michigan writers project and would be delighted to do an interview with you. Please email me at sue@sueharrison.com to set up a time and day!

  45. Sue,
    Once upon a time, when you had just published “Mother Earth, Father Sky”, you came to West Branch and did a reading for MidMichigan Writers. Since then, I’ve gone on to get an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont, got a few grants to teach memoir classes (after daytime teaching elementary students how to read) and had a few short stories published in little literary magazines. Recently, I self-published two books, which are fortunately selling well in the local venue.
    I am now on another project, profiling Michigan writers, somewhat in the vein of “Ink Trails” by David and Jack Dempsey and published by MSU Press. It was a good read, but the authors they profiled were all dead and gone.
    I would like to profile the wonderful writers Michigan has who are still very much alive and working. I would like to include you, your work and Pickford in my venture. Could I interview you by phone or email?
    Thank you for a reply.
    Marylou Bugh

  46. Oh Ren, thank you so much for your kindness in sending this comment my way. In this new novel I am writing, I’m trying to create the same effect of carrying my readers into my stories. I’ve loved the research and will soon be posting blogs about my “journey” in writing BONE FIRE, a novel set in prehistoric Europe.

  47. Your books are truly phenomenal. I read them about 6 years ago and I just purchased them on my Kindle and I am still blown away. I came to your website to see if you had published any additional books. I’m excited that you are working on new material. You are incredibly talented and I love how you writing makes me feel as if I am there. Thank you for your works.

  48. Thank you for your interest, Judy! For the past 12 years my life has been dedicated to taking caring of my husband’s parents and now my parents as well. When my mother-in-law who had Alzheimer’s passed away, I had more time to write, but no strong market for my favorite genre – novels set in prehistoric times. I wrote three suspense novels and a historical but none were picked up by publishers. However, the company that republished my Alaska novels as ebooks is now interested in the research I did years and years ago about Neolithic Europe. So I am currently writing a novel set in Eastern Europe 5800 B.C. Like my novel, Mother Earth Father Sky, it’s about a young woman who is battling for her life as cultures and peoples clash. At this point I have about 1/4 of the novel written, and I hope that I’ll be able to carve out enough time to complete it in the next year or so. I’ll be sure to keep everyone informed as I go along.

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