Ginger Dehlinger is a native Oregonian who writes about the American West: poems, essays, short stories, and two novels, one set in Oregon, one in Colorado. In her blog http://gdehlinger.blogspot.com she writes about the process of writing or shares short pieces she has written. "I'll never be famous," she tells people, although her writing has received a few kudos. Her first novel, BRUTE HEART, was a finalist for the 2012 Big Al's Books 'n Pals People's Choice Award. "Last Ride," an essay starring a tumbleweed, won first prize in the 2011 Rising Star contest for Pacific Northwest writers. A short story, "Francine" was First Runner-up in The Saturday Evening Post's 2022 Great American Fiction Contest. Her poetry has appeared in over a dozen journals and anthologies, and she received a Writer’s Digest honorable mention in 2010 for her poem, “A Bar Stool’s Lament." Ginger is an active member of the Central Oregon Writer's Guild where she encourages her fellow writers to keep writing and submitting their work. Sometimes she is the club's featured reader or speaker. When she isn't writing, submitting, keeping house or doing yard work, she enjoys hiking, reading, and travel. Born and raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Ginger attended the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, where she majored in history, minored in English. She graduated from the U of O with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Phi Beta Kappa key. A few years after graduation she went bi-coastal, living in New York City, Connecticut, and Los Angeles. She now lives in Bend, Oregon with her husband Dick.