Sherry Monahan admits she didn’t read her first Western until she was in her thirties—she was hooked on Agatha Christie. A native of New Jersey, she credits her father’s love of all things Western, to her lifelong fascination with the West. She grew up dreaming of being a chef and owning her own restaurant. Monahan may not have become a chef, (she became a corporate policy writer and later a marketing professional for more than two decades) but her passion for food has translated into


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