Writing Projects

Explore the diverse works of author Char Solomon.

Published Biography

Magazine Articles

Numerous articles published in various magazines and journals.

"Connecting the Pieces," University of Oklahoma Press Academic Catalog, Fall, 2002

Book Review in 2003 Mesoamerica of Alfred Maudsley and the Maya, a Biography, Ian Graham

"A Pioneer in Maya Archaeology," American Archaeology, Fall, 2003

Tatiana Proskouriakoff: Interpreting the Ancient Maya (2002, University of Oklahoma Press)

Works in Progress

The Padre's Daughter, completed novel out to potential publishers

Ongoing editing of an extraordinary woman's memoir

Script for a one-act play: The Christmas Gift

Journals, several with detailed accounts of field experiences in Mesoamerica

Songs, lyrics and accompaniments, including one for an alphabet book for early childhood

"Off and Running," Our State, April, 2008

The author is pictured at the archaeological site of Calakmul in Quintana Roo, one of many sites in Yucatan, Mexico and Guatemala she visited as a field assistant for the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Project from 1973-'76. This photograph was given to Solomon by Barbara Fash at the book launch of Ian Graham's memoir The Road to Ruins at Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.