“When I started escaping to a neighbor's house to watch what I darn well pleased, it turned out to be The Big Valley. Every afternoon my friend and I would pour grape juice over mounds of ice cream and settle in to see what was happening with Barbara Stanwyck and Linda Evans and the boys in The Big Valley.” WellsBigsHouseBoysWatchesHappeningsMy FriendsNeighborIceSettlingValleysAfternoonCreamIce CreamJuiceGrapesEscapingBarbara Author:Elizabeth Crook
“The defining aspects of westerns are still pretty much in place - namely landscape and conflict. In other books the conflict can be internal, but in westerns it usually plays out on a big stage.” StillsBookPlayBigsStageConflictAspectLandscapeInternalsDefining Author:Elizabeth Crook
“It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal.” WritingYearsBigsNightTenJournalOrdeals Author:Elizabeth Crook
