“What Was Really Going On At Those Nevada Divorce Ranches?”

Come to Writers’ Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Nevada Historical Society, Reno, 5 p.m.

Authors Sandra McGee and Peggy Wynne Borgman will share the stage and talk about how Sandra’s nonfiction book inspired Peggy’s novel.

While browsing in a Carson City book shop, Peggy found a first edition of Bill and Sandra McGee’s The Divorce Seekers, published in 2004 in hardcover. It gave Peggy the idea for a novel set on a Nevada divorce ranch like the one where Bill worked in 1947. She asked Sandra to vet her manuscript for historical accuracy. In 2023, Sandra asked Peggy to write the Introduction to her new edition of The Divorce Seekers published in paperback and ebook formats.

Writers’ Wednesday will start off with a wine/cheese reception and book signing, followed by a presentation and audience Q&A.

Nevada Historical Society Writers’ Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The Divorce Seekers Wins Best Cover for Nonfiction, December 2023

Sandra V McGee

I'm an alternate editor for the BAIPA blog. I launched my writing career as a publicist for the performing arts in Southern California. In 2001, I ventured into my husband's world of Nevada divorce ranch history and never returned. Today, I'm regarded as an expert on the subject. My passions are ballet, film noir, B movies, and Reno when it was the "Divorce Capital of the World." Visit my author website at McGeeBooks.com.