When You Live by a River
Mermer Blakesleeis the author of the novelsSame BloodandIn Dark Water,a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Drawing on her work as a professional skier, she also wrote the nonfiction workA Conversation with Fear.She was awarded the 2006 Narrative Prize for “Leenie,” an excerpt fromWhen You Live by a River,and was a finalist inNarrativeMagazine’s First and Second Annual Poetry Contests. Blakeslee lives in the Catskill Mountains with her husband.