Masha Hamilton is one of 40-some authors who will conduct presentations and sign their books during the Wyoming Book Festival Sept. 14-15 in downtown Cheyenne. She has written three novels: Staircase of a Thousand Steps, a Booksense pick and a Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection, The Distance Between Us, which Library Journal named one of the best books of 2004, and The Camel Bookmobile, also a Booksense pick. She reported from the Middle East for five years for The Associated Press, then spent five years in Moscow, where she was a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, wrote a newspaper column, and reported for NBC/Mutual Radio. Hamilton reported from Afghanistan in 2004. In 2006, she traveled in Kenya to research her novel and interview street kids and famine victims.
