Published and Online
Queen Bee: Reflections on Life and Other Rude Awakenings, a compilation of short pieces I’ve composed; available in paperback.
Passages from Behind These Doors, A Family Memoir, 20 chapters from the full family memoir; available in paperback and audio.
A Memoir, Through Any Given Door (Web Serial), the novel in full posted here, is about sin and prayer, good intentions and unattended sorrows, and about finding my way back home.
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Published books contributed to via my
Chatfield family history and research:
The Chatfield Story: Civil War Letters and Diaries of
Private Edward L. Chatfield of the 113th Illinois Volunteers
by Terry M. McCarty with Margaret Ann Chatfield McCarty (Sep 17, 2009)
“A stunning personal biography, fully annotated and meticulously researched, that illustrates a harrowing part of American history. Resonant, wise, and suspenseful, this elegantly wrought memoir is a story of courage, pluck, and survival against seemingly insurmountable odds. Chatfield’s life as a Union private unfolds with each successive missive, an incredible account from within the Western Theater of the Civil War: Cairo, Memphis, Oxford, Holly Springs, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, DeSoto Point, Grand Gulf, Clinton, Vicksburg, Corinth, and Brice’s Cross Roads-where disaster awaited him. Fascinating in its approach and its depth, this spellbinding story of a young man whose name and family became famous in Colorado is a marvelous tale of accomplishment-a decidedly American story that truly begs to be heard.”
Note: My great-grandfather, Isaac Willard Chatfield, and his brothers Clark Samuel Chatfield and Capt. Charles Henry Chatfield, who also served in the Civil War, are mentioned in many of the letters. Catherine
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Ida Chatfield: Aspen’s Oldest Unsolved Mystery
by T.A. Stevens (Jul 11, 2025)
Winner of the Spring PenCraft Award for Best Historical Fiction, North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction, Readers’ Favorite, and Literary Titan Five-Star Awards for Fiction
“This work of creative non-fiction weaves together several narrative strands. One thread reveals a mystery told from beyond the grave as the ghost of Ida Chatfield revisits the moments leading to her untimely death and challenges long-held assumptions about her fate. Another fiber explores women’s struggles and societal expectations in the nineteenth century. The reprise of her story still echoes today. An unpretentious stone marks Ida’s grave in the Ute Cemetery east of Aspen, Colorado.
I’m indebted to Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, the great-granddaughter of I.W. Chatfield (Ida Chatfield’s uncle), for her untold hours of research.” ~Thomas A. Stevens
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Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau
csevenau@earthlink.net