Florida State University Graduate student, a great-grandmother, will publish first novel in June

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 4, 2003 -- Anne Holt says, �Becoming a published novelist at 68 is like a dream. Just think of it�in a few months I�ll be in Helena, Montana starting a reading/book signing tour. The best part of this is---I�m a little bit of a celebrity to my children, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, and my friends. In a world that often seems to prefer that people over sixty-five be neither seen nor heard, that�s beyond exciting.�

Anne Haw Holt is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Florida State University. She is about one-third through researching and writing her thesis on Florida Prisons



�SILVER CREEK is an old fashioned western, the kind I love to read,� Anne says. �It's set in Arizona, and it�s fast moving, with lots of action, a mystery and a little romance.�



Richard A. Bartlett says, �the author knows the land, horses, weaponry, terminology of ranchland people, and even the characters, so realistic do they seem. This Western is a substantial cut above the average�a real page turner.�

Reviewer Amanda Killgore says, "This wholesome and spirited read is hopefully the start of a promising career for a talented writer. Her settings are realistic and the action non-stop. The writing is both original and pays homage to classic devices."



--Two men are dead and John Garrett's father is suspected of ordering their murder. John travels through the Arizona Mountains, returning to Silver Creek. He must clear his father's name. Passing through Ellison Grove, he is challenged to a gunfight. John out-draws and shoots the bully and escapes, chased by a posse. He eventually eludes the posse, but he's wounded.

Andrea Blaine discovers his horse running free, follows his back trail and finds John lying unconscious in a clearing in the forest. Groggy, John isn't sure whom to trust, so he gives "Andy" his middle name and his mother's family name, Kyle Turner. John joins Deputy Sheriff Del Ketchum to investigate the killings. Del warns him that two gunfighters are planning to ambush the last Double G riders Willis, the new foreman, hasn't driven away. Finally, John faces the man he now knows is the brains behind the killings.



When asked why she chose to write a western, Anne said, �That�s easy. My heroes are still cowboys. They represent basic American ideals such as right vs. might, the strong protecting the weak, etc. My favorite part of history is the settlement of the American West. Cowboys bring that history to life.�

Information Contact: Anne ahholt@ahholt.com or Ph: 850-576-0721

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