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Shelley Fraser Mickle is an award-winning novelist and NPR commentator whose family history (everyone in her family was named after Robert E. Lee) led her to the life-long belief that one day she would write a Civil War novel. Shelleys debut novel was a New York Times Notable Book; her second became a CBS/Hallmark Channel movie; and her third became a suicide-prevention tool in high schools, winning the 2006 Florida Governors Award for suicide prevention in an educational setting. She was invited to be a commentator for NPRs “Morning Edition” in 2000. Her radio essays can be heard at NPR.org. She is also the author of the childrens classic, Barbaro, Americas Horse.