Margaret Coel (born October 11, 1937, in Denver, Colorado) is an American historian and mystery writer who lives in Boulder, Colorado. Coel is a fourth-generation Coloradan and grew up in Denver.^[1] She graduated in journalism from Marquette University in 1960 and worked on the Boulder Daily Camera.^[2] Coel has received six Colorado Book Awards and one WILLA Literary Award.^[3]

Wind River Mysteries

This series—20 books published from 1995 to 2016—is set in Wyoming's Wind River Reservation and adjacent towns.^[4] The story lines are based on actual crimes and injustices.^[5] Vicky Holden, an Arapaho lawyer, and Father John O'Malley, a Jesuit priest, collaborate to solve these crimes and rectify these injustices.

Works

• Chief Left Hand. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8061-2030-0.
• Goin' Railroading: Two Generations of Colorado Stories as told by Sam Speas. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1985. ISBN 0-87081-497-4/978-0-87081-497-6.
• The Eagle Catcher. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 1995
• The Ghost Walker. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1996
• The Dream Stalker. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 1997
• The Story Teller. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1998
• The Lost Bird. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 1999
• The Spirit Woman. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2000
• The Thunder Keeper. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2001
• The Shadow Dancer. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2002
• Killing Raven. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2003
• Wife of Moon. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2004
• Eye of Wolf. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2005
• The Drowning Man. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2006
• The Girl with Braided Hair. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2007
• Blood Memory. A Catherine McLeod book. 2008
• The Silent Spirit. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2009
• The Spider's Web. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2010
• The Perfect Suspect. A Catherine McLeod book. 2011
• Buffalo Bill's Dead Now. A Vicky Holden, Father John O’Malley book. 2012
• Killing Custer. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2013
• Night of the White Buffalo. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2014
• The Man Who Fell from the Sky. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2015
• Winter's Child. A Vicky Holden, Father John O'Malley book. 2016, final book in the Wind River Reservation series.^[6]