Who is Sheila Myers Author?
Sheila Myers is an award winning author whose works explore family sagas both contemporary and in early-20th-century America. With critical acclaim from Kirkus and deep research into a region’s history, her novels appeal to readers who love richly drawn characters and historical depth.
Myers began writing a trilogy on the family of the robber baron Dr. Thomas C. Durant, after spending time at one of the Great Camps built by his son William, in the Adirondack wilderness. She completed this trilogy and published Imaginary Brightness (2015) Castles in the Air (2016) and The Night is Done (2017). The Night is Done won the 2017 Best Book of Fiction Literary Award from the Adirondack Center for Writing and received a Kirkus starred review, something only 2-3% of Indie authors receive from Kirkus. The Truth of Who You Are set during the Great Depression in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was published by Black Rose Writing in April 2022.
Her most recent novel, The Painting (June 2026 Black Rose Writing) is a contemporary family drama inspired by the controversial sale of a Hudson River School painting by the William Seward House Museum, after a prolonged court battle launched by a descendant of William Seward.
Essays about her research have been published in the Adirondack Life Magazine, The Appalachian Club Magazine, and the History News Network. In addition, she has been a special guest on the History Author Show podcast, Based on a True Story podcast, and the History Channel.
She likes to venture out into the wilderness, swim in lakes, climb mountains, and make the occasional trip to a cemetery to find inspiration. Human failures and passions are always good starting points for a plot and there is plenty of that to go around.
You can email her through her contact page.