Margaret Coel

Margaret Coel is an American historian and mystery writer who lives in Boulder, Colorado, and grew up in Denver as a fourth-generation Coloradan. Her novels include the Wind River Mystery series, such as The Eagle Catcher and The Spirit Woman, and the Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden series, which opens with The Ghost Walker. After graduating in journalism from Marquette University in 1960 and working on the Boulder Daily Camera, Coel has received six Colorado Book Awards and one WILLA Literary Award.