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Nebraska Authors

Lyn Messersmith

AKA: Lyn De Naeyer

Born 1939 Alliance, NE (USA)

Messersmith noted that her writing is influenced by the many well known cowboy poets. Her work includes collaborations with Deb Carpenter.

Places Lived

Cherry County and Sheridan County ranches

Author Of

  • Fiction
  • Journalism
  • Nonfiction
  • Poetry

Keywords

Columnist, journalism, poetry, historical profiles, creative non-fiction, short stories

Education

B.A. (Mental Health)

Occupation

Lifelong rancher, U.S. Postal Service, Human Services

Honors

Nebraska Press Women awards for personal opinion columns.
Will Rogers Medallion from the Academy of Western Artists in 2004 for her book of poetry "Ground Tied"

Associations

Frequently collaborates with Deb Carpenter.

Bibliography

Downwind from the Smoke. 1994.
The Heart's Compass. 1999. (Self-published book and cd with Deb Carpenter)
Woven on the Wind. 2001. (contributor)
Ground Tied. 2004.
Leaders and Legends. 2004. (Self published book and cd with Deb Carpenter).

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