Author Deanne Stillman will speak on the magic of horses and deserts

FALLBROOK – Author Deanne Stillman, winner of the 2013 Western Writers of America Spur Award, will be the featured author at the Tuesday, Jan. 14 Writers Read at Fallbrook Library in the community room, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

In a recent interview, Stillman described the common theme of the desert in her books, “Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, A Mojave Hermit and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History,” which won the Spur Award, “Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West,” and “Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave.”

“It’s so full of pr...