When Wisconsin born Carn Jensen went to Gallup, New Mexico to teach, it seemed as if she were in a new world. The beauty of the Southwestern vistas, the lure of ancient civilizatio...view moreWhen Wisconsin born Carn Jensen went to Gallup, New Mexico to teach, it seemed as if she were in a new world. The beauty of the Southwestern vistas, the lure of ancient civilization sites and the proximity to a large area of the Navajo Nation was truly exciting. The need to express this developed a series of articles for her hometown newspaper. This was the beginning of her writing career.
Her husband shared her enthusiasm, but after several years, family circumstances dictated their return to the Midwest. There, she continued writing as a publicist for an arts guild and as a girls sports reporter. Following the graduation of their third child from college, the remembered enchantment of the Southwest found an outlet in fiction writing. TRAIL OF DARKNESS is her first Native American historical and published work.view less