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Virginia Cronk

Virginia Cronk lives in Key West, Florida, the island home of many authors. She often sits in Earnest Hemingway’s garden to write. Or Elizabeth Bishop’s when she wants a change. During Tennessee Williams Festival Key West, 2026, Virginia won second prize in the national short story contest.

For the past fifteen years, she has immersed herself in exploring the footpaths of Montana, Spain and South America. The Ancient Future, her first novel, is set in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in northern Colombia.

Virginia, a former sociology professor, sees people, not as just characters, but as an organic part of the setting for the story. The Ancient Future explores the Kogi’s struggle to preserve their ancient lifestyle and their lands against tourists and drug cartels.

She and her husband raised three sons to be admirable adults. She has six grandchildren, the youngest is a college student. She tries to instill her love of travel in them.

Virginia’s advice to her readers: “Sometimes your best adventures come later in life, after you think you’ve done it all.”

From Academic to Novelist

It all started with National Novel Writing Month and a rough draft of a complete novel. With the guidance from writers' groups in Montana and Key West, Virginia Cronk found her voice weaving nature and human cultures into the rich tapestry of life. Her narratives delve into the subtle shifts of time, mirroring the tides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the human mosaic mirroring the tourists and residents who occupy the tiny island that is Key West.

This evolution, culminating in works like The Ancient Future, reflects a deep commitment to literary craft and the unique salt-air quietude of her island home. She believes stories, much like the ocean, reveal their true depths slowly.

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