Catalina Claussen will present her newly-published young adult book "Diamonds at Dusk". This ia a place-based novel set in Southwestern New Mexico and its full of romance and adventure.
Claussen is a founding English teacher at Aldo Leopold Charter School in Silver City, and a long-time resident of the Mimbres Valley. She is a graduate of Reed College, Prescott College, and Western New Mexico University in 2012. She studied in the graduate writing program under Sharman Russell and Dr. Mary Leen.