Roberta Parry is the author of novels, short stories, plays, and film scripts. Her writing has been greatly influenced by that of William Gaddis, Cormac McCarthy, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Two of Ms. Parry’s four plays won awards and received full production. One of her short stories was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her watercolor paintings are currently being shown in galleries and public exhibit spaces in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico.