Chris Enss is a New York Times best-selling author who’s been writing about women of the Old West for more than 30 years.  She has penned more than 50 books on the subject, and her work has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, three Western Writers of America Spur Finalist Awards, and many more. Enss’s most recent works are The Widowed Ones, Along Came a Cowgirl, and An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos.

Featured title: An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos

Website: https://chrisenss.com

CHRIS’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 10:15 a.m. – An Open Book: Prostitution in Deadwood – Saloon #10/Deadwood Social Club, Charley Utter Theater
• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 3:15 p.m. – Historical Research: Sources, Successes, and Snags – The Lodge, Cody Room
• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms

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