Shelley Mickle

Shelley Fraser Mickle is an award-winning novelist and NPR commentator whose family history (everyone in her family was named after Robert E. Lee) led her to the life-long belief that one day she would write a Civil War novel. Shelleye(tm)s debut novel was a New York Times Notable Book; her second became a CBS/Hallmark Channel movie; and her third became a suicide-prevention tool in high schools, winning the 2006 Florida Governore(tm)s Award for suicide prevention in an educational setting. She was invited to be a commentator for NPRe(tm)s eoeMorning Editione in 2000. Her radio essays can be heard at NPR.org. She is also the author of the childrene(tm)s classic, Barbaro, Americae(tm)s Horse.