New York: Riverhead Books, 2007 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second novel of suspense, featuring Aud Torvingen, who retired from the police force at 29, and is a "six-footer .. with a tendency to hurt people who get in her way". In this Aud travels from Atlanta to Seattle to investigate a suspected case of real estate fraud. INSCRIBED on the title page. 463 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 978-1594489368.
Lewiston, ID: Blue Moon and Confluence Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her first full collection of poetry, which won the first Western States Book Award for Poetry in 1984 (the panel of judges, headed by Robert Penn Warren and Carolyn Kizer, also awarded her forthcoming book of essays an Honorable Mention in the nonfiction category.) Although Mairs suffers from multiple sclerosis, she leads a full life- and in fact, her ability and determination to not be defined by MS is often a subtle underlying theme of her books: in this book, she describes the title as referring to moving from a restricted attic into a place of her own making . Although there is no limitation given,…
Lewiston, ID: Blue Moon and Confluence Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her first full collection of poetry, which won the first Western States Book Award for Poetry in 1984 (the panel of judges, headed by Robert Penn Warren and Carolyn Kizer, also awarded her forthcoming book of essays an Honorable Mention in the nonfiction category.) Although Mairs suffers from multiple sclerosis, she leads a full life- and in fact, her ability and determination to not be defined by MS is often a subtle underlying theme of her books: in this book, she describes the title as referring to moving from a restricted attic into a place of her own making . Although there is no limitation given, the dust jacket refers to this clothbound edition as a limited edition, and states that it will not be issued again in hardcover. 78 pp. ISBN: 0-933188277.