Clarissa Willis

Clarissa Willis is proud to announce that her latest book Carrie Ingalls the Forgotten Sister won the Western Writers of America SPUR Award for Juvenile Nonfiction. Her tale, Bloomers on Pike’s Peak (2024), is the biography of the unstoppable Julia Archibald Holmes, the first woman to climb Pikes Peak. It won a Will Rogers Medallion and was the finalist for the Women Writing the West 2025 WILLA Literary Award. Fast as the Wind: The Story of Johnny Fry Pony Express Rider (2022) galloped away with a Will Rogers Medallion in 2023. Then, there's The Three Little Pigs and the Not So Big Bad Wolf, putting a fresh spin on a classic yarn. Just hitting the shelves is Carrie Ingalls: The Forgotten Sister, and get ready for her upcoming book, Not from Around Here, a whimsical picture book about sharing and quirky friendships set to take off in early 2026!