Naomi Hazeltine Gibson Craigo My Life, My Home, and the Happenings of My Family and Friends in My Community

Naomi Craigo was born in rural Putnam County, West Virginia in 1909. Her memoirs tell of life during coal's heyday, the 1918 flu epidemic, the Great Depression, two world wars, the introduction of electricity and telephones, and the happenings of her family and friends in her community. She lived 94 happy years--64 of them with her true love--and took the time to tell us about them.

Naomi Craigo was born in rural Putnam County, West Virginia in 1909. Her memoirs tell of life during coal's heyday, the 1918 flu epidemic, the Great Depression, two world wars, the introduction of electricity and telephones, and the happenings of her family and friends in her community. She lived 94 happy years--64 of them with her true love--and took the time to tell us about them.Brung up in West-by-God Virginia, Craigo earned BFA and MFA degrees in painting and fine arts in Philadelphia and New York City. After a few decades of making, exhibiting, and teaching about art, she earned an MBA degree and took a more active role in managing a family business. She settled in Boulder, Colorado, and her creative energies shifted to writing fiction. Her work has appeared in Exposition Review, Hobart, Eclectica, and Post Road. She's currently seeking representation for her first novel and developing a second.