Tomahawk Trail: A Journey to Apacheria in 1885 Paperback -

2015 NaNoWriMo winner and prolific author; Arizona rancher and outdoorswoman, Barbara Neville, writes what she knows. Her future worlds are set firmly in a longstanding tradition of caring for the land while living off of it. Cowhand, rancher, adventurer, prospector, artist and author of numerous books in the Spirit Animal series featuring Annie Many Horses. Neville writes of a speculative future, and the historic past, based on her real life experience. Her cats attend her writing sessions, preferring to lay on the keyboard. She ranches with goats, horses, guineas, peafowl, chickens, turkeys and Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs. Her dogs, goats and horses have fictional counterparts who appear in the pages of her books.She has led an unusual life of adventure, much of it off-grid. Barb is descended from a long line of adventurous folk. Cowboys, ranchers, prospectors, settlers, homesteaders and more. She carries on the long tradition of taking the road less traveled. Her fictional world draws heavily on her own life and the people, places and experiences of previous generations. Barb has been a rancher, horse trainer, cowhand, prospector, construction laborer, tree planter and a deckhand on Alaskan fishing boats. She has lived at various remote locations around the West. She grew up an Air Force brat, living in such exotic locations as Spain and Hawaii. Thus she learned Spanish and Hawaiian Pidgin. Barb also made a one-day round trip hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back afoot. Many other horseback, mountain ski touring, snowshoe and hiking backpack trips pepper her history. Also surfing and snorkeling in Hawaii. She milk her goats, makes her own cheese and enjoys pasture raised eggs. Best of all, she rides the world's greatest horses. One of whom made the cover of 'On the Rocks'.