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 Born
Sharon Elaine Thetford in Perry, Oklahoma.
Attended schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Winfield, Kansas, and graduated
from high school in Paris, Texas.
Holds a B.A. Degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. First
woman sports editor of the Oklahoma Daily, the student newspaper, and later
editor.
Worked as a newspaper reporter for The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), The
Norman (Oklahoma) Transcript, The Colorado Springs (Colorado)
Gazette-Telegraph, The Tulsa World, and The McAlester News-Capital and
Democrat.
Married to William J. Ervin, Sr., and has four grown children.
"A member of Sisters in Crime", A member of Romance Writers of America, the Oklahoma Federation of Writers,
Romance Writers Ink, Tulsa OK; The Lesser North Texas Writers, Plano, TX;
The University of Oklahoma Alumni Association; the OU Student Pubs Alumni
Club; Alpha Phi Sorority; PEO; the General Federation of Women’s Clubs;
Friends of the Library of McAlester; McAlester’s McSherry Writers; a past
member of Theta Sigma Phi (women in journalism) and Sisters in Crime.
PUBLISHING CREDITS:
Book Credits:
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JINGO STREET
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NIGHTINGALE NIGHTINGALE ISBN-13 is 978-1-4405-6809-1
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CANDLESTICKS ISBN: 978-1-59414-876-7
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AFTERMATH ISBN: 978-0-937660-11-9
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MURDER ABOARD THE CHOCTAW GAMBLER, novel, hardcover, ISBN
978-1-59414-698-5, approximately 371 pp., copyright 2008, Five Star
Publishing
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THE RIBBON MURDERS, novel, hardcover, ISBN: 1-59414-436-2,
207 pp., copyright 2006, Five Star.
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CHICK LIT FOR FOXY HENS, four-novella anthology, ISBN 0-937660-75-2, 187 pp., copyright 2005, AWOC Publishing
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WEEKEND WIFE, novel, trade paperback, ISBN 1-4137-6229-8,
203 pp., copyright 2005, PublishAmerica.
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COUNTERFEIT COWBOY, novel, trade paperback, ISBN
1-4137-4955-0, 285 pp., copyright 2005, PublishAmerica.
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BODACIOUS, novel, trade paperback, ISBN 1-58851-494-3, 261
pp., copyright 2002, PublishAmerica, Baltimore MD.
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JUSU AND MOTHER EARTH, novel, trade paperback, ISBN
1-893162-87-7, 248 pp., copyright 2000, AmErica House, Baltimore MD.
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THE SOONER STORY 1890-1980, no ISBN, 120 pp., hard cover,
copyright 1980, (contributor at the request of Editor Carolyn G. Hart),
The University of Oklahoma Foundation, Norman OK.
Magazine Credits:
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Amazon.com shorts, 2008, "My Little Boyfriend."
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Arabella, April/May, 2004, "Metro Bus."
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Whispers From Heaven, October 2001, "Suzie's Ministry."
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Whispers From Heaven, April 2001, “Shuggie.”
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Pray!, February 2000, “Following God’s Lead: Fasting One
Step at a Time.”
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True Love Magazine, February, 1999, “Wild Sex on Wheels!”
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The PEO Record, May-June, 1991, “Ann Mann’s Efforts Help
Soldiers in The Persian Gulf.”
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The Harvard Review, reprint of Tulsa World Newspaper story
June 21, 1988, “Astrophysicist Entered Field by Chance."
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Newsweek, early 1960s, at Newsweek's request, as a Norman
Transcript reporter, I interviewed the foremost authority on lotteries, an
OU professor, when New Hampshire voters approved the first state lottery
in the nation. My story ran unedited with no byline.
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