When studying for her Ph.D., Ellen Kingman Fisher discovered a collection of letters written by Nathaniel Hill in the in the 1860s. Intrigued, she used the letters to create a hist...view moreWhen studying for her Ph.D., Ellen Kingman Fisher discovered a collection of letters written by Nathaniel Hill in the in the 1860s. Intrigued, she used the letters to create a historical fiction of the early years of Nathaniel and Alice Hill. The author has spent most of her life in Colorado enjoying time in the outdoors, which includes climbing all of Colorado's fourteeners. She and her husband live in Colorado and spend the winter in Arizona.view less