Clash of the Titles Winner: The Green Veil by Naomi Musch
Naomi Musch and the opening paragraphs from her historical novel, The Green Veil . CONGRATULATIONS, NAOMI! Naomi takes the title in her clash against the very worthy runner-up, Karen Baney , author o f A Dream Unfolding . A snippet from Naomi's winning passage: Pain seared Colette's temples, neck, and shoulders. Behind her eyelids, everything blazed like a powder keg of dynamite going off inside her. Explosions roared and blasts glared - red, and now and then a streak of hot white. She stirred on the bed, and her satin dress rustled. ( read the full excerpt here ) Naomi says her best ideas come from overlooked portions of history she stumbles upon and in The Green Veil those include lumberjacks, land barons, and mill owners racing to control the pine lands in 1840s Wisconsin Territory. To read more about the book and find out what her favorite reads of the last year were, check out her interview ith COTT's Senior Editor April Gardner here . What did readers have to say? A