Cathy Luchetti

After moving to Utah the family took frequent wilderness trips, which is where she became interested in discovering and telling more of the immense story of the American West.

Crabb had brought cuttings of “noble varietals” from France[8] including Black Burgundy, similar to the Refosco of northern Italy.

In Peru’s Amazon she collected frogs with Bora Indians, guide Richard Aukoo Fowler, and jungle traveler Steven 'Bo' Keeley.

She was invited to Laura Bush's White House Symposium on Women of the West in the Salute to American Authors Series[18] and was honoree at the Sacramento Book Collectors’ Club Anniversary event.

Luchetti consulted and wrote for Hot on the Trail, a Wyler/Rimland production for Ted Turner narrated by Keith Carradine, broadcast nationally on TBS.