go as river shelley read interview.

Author Shelley Read is amazed by the global success of her debut novel, “Go as a River.” Before its U.S. release, the book secured over 30 translations. Published in 2023, it has sold more than a million copies and is being adapted into a film. The novel spans from the 1940s to the 1970s, focusing on a Colorado farm girl’s romance with an Indigenous man. Read, a longtime educator, began writing the book after retiring. Despite initial rejections, her manuscript found a home with Spiegel & Grau. Read is now working on her second novel.