{"id":164,"date":"2026-09-10T19:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo3.hutchinsonbooks.com\/jamie-lisa-forbes\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:57:26","slug":"meet-jamie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo3.hutchinsonbooks.com\/jamie-lisa-forbes\/meet-jamie\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jamie"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"164\" class=\"elementor elementor-164\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e778ec e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e778ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92af5cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92af5cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Jamie<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a2d4d3 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a2d4d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fedce4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fedce4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b57fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b57fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THE AUTHOR<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f54160 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f54160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Raised on the Range, Trained in the Law, Devoted to the Story.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bf1ad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bf1ad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jamie Lisa Forbes was raised on a ranch along the Little Laramie River near Laramie, Wyoming. She attended the University of Colorado where she obtained degrees in English and philosophy. After fourteen months living in Israel, she returned to her family\u2019s ranch where she lived for another fifteen years.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In 1994, she moved to Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2001, she graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began her North Carolina law practice.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Her first novel, Unbroken, won the WILLA Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction in 2011. Her collection of short stories, The Widow Smalls and Other Stories, won the High Plains Book Awards for a short story collection in 2015. Her law practice gave her the opportunity to travel many of the back roads of North Carolina and meet the unique and diverse individuals who inspired Eden.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In 2024, Pronghorn Press published Forbes\u2019 historical novel, Sunny Gale, highlighting the early era of women in rodeo. 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