Mining Dreams, A Life of Extremes: Q&A with Donna Baier Stein

From the age of seven, Donna Baier Stein wanted to be a writer. Perhaps not coincidentally, it was at this same age that she first learned about the sensational and tragic life of Baby Doe Tabor, one of the most scandalous women in Colorado’s history, its 1880s “silver queen” and for a while the “best-dressed woman in the West.” Baby Doe was herself a writer: a poet/mystic who throughout her life recorded her dreams and spiritual visions.  In September, 2016, at age 62, Stein finally saw the publication of the novel based on her story, The Silver Baron’s Wife.