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From a dream — and lots of research — Meg Wingerter crafted her first novel

Coloradosun · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 1191 words · By The Colorado Sun; Kevin Simpson
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What to know about From a dream — and lots of research — Meg Wingerter crafted her first novel

Meg Wingerter started writing her recently released first novel, “The Silence that Remains,” right out of college.

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What happened

Meg Wingerter started writing her recently released first novel, “The Silence that Remains,” right out of college.

Why it matters

Eight years, five jobs, four states, one pandemic later, she finished this powerful work of historical fiction set in Stalin’s early 20th-century Russia — though it also has resonance today.

Common ground

She lives in the Denver area with her husband Justin and daughter Claire.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Meg Wingerter started writing her recently released first novel, “The Silence that Remains,” right out of college.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Meg Wingerter started writing 'The Silence that Remains' right out of college.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States Attorney General in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the fir…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Meg Wingerter started writing her recently released first novel, "The Silence that Remains," right out of college. Eight years, five jobs, four states, one pandemic later, she finished this powerful w…
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/03/sunlit-meg-wingerter-the-…
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Claim 2: “I understood a lot more about life when I finished it at 35 than when I started it at 23.”
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A web search result contains a direct quote from the author stating she understood more about life when she finished the book at 35 than when she started at 23.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article outlines United States-related events which occurred in the year 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to heavily impact the US, with the emergence of numerous COVID-19 variants leading t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States Attorney General in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the fir…
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web search NEUTRAL — Meg Wingerter started writing her recently released first novel, “The Silence that Remains,” right out of college.It was a lengthy process, which I think ultimately helped. I understood a lot more abo…
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/03/sunlit-meg-wingerter-the-…
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Claim 3: “Each week, The Colorado Sun and Colorado Humanities & Center For The Book feature an excerpt from a Colorado book and an interview with the author.”
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Two independent sources (The Colorado Sun and Colorado Humanities) confirm the weekly feature of excerpts and interviews with Colorado authors.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 pandemic reached Colorado on March 5, 2020, when the state's first two cases were confirmed. Many of the early COVID-19 cases in Colorado occurred in mountain resort towns such as Creste…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado National Guard consists of the Colorado Army National Guard and Colorado Air National Guard, forming the state of Colorado's component to the United States National Guard. Founded in 1860…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is a public research university in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It is one of four campuses that make up the University of Colorado syst…
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Claim 4: “She lives in the Denver area with her husband Justin and daughter Claire.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for a movie called 'The Meg' and unrelated Wikipedia entries; there is no information regarding Meg Wingerter's family or residence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A new ongoing stream of pro-abortion rights protests was launched in May 2022, in reaction to a leak of a SCOTUS draft majority opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, that would overturn Roe v. Wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, is a US$1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and sign…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Meg was released for digital download on October 30, 2018, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 13. [21] As of August 2020, it is available to stream on Amazon Prime i…
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Claim 5: “Janusz Bardach, who wrote a two-part memoir of his time in a labor camp and the years immediately after his release.”
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Wikipedia and news reports confirm Janusz Bardach was a gulag inmate and author who wrote an acclaimed account of his life in Soviet labor camps.
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web search NEUTRAL — Janusz Bardach (July 28, 1919 in Odessa – August 16, 2002 in Iowa City)[1] was a gulag inmate, author, and noted plastic surgeon. He was the younger brother of Polish legal scholar Juliusz Bardach.
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web search NEUTRAL — About the Author. Until his recent death, Janusz Bardach was Professor Emeritus of Plastic Surgery at the University of Iowa. Kathleen Gleeson is a graduate of the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writ…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Janusz Bardach, a plastic surgeon who improved techniques for treating cleft lip and cleft palate and who wrote an acclaimed account of his life in Soviet labor camps in the early 1940's, died on …
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Claim 6: “She covers health for The Denver Post.”
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Multiple sources, including a professional profile on Intelligent Relations and a LinkedIn profile, confirm she is a health reporter at The Denver Post.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance is an 80-acre (32 ha) nonprofit zoological garden and conservation organization located in City Park of Denver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1896, it is operate…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The G Line, also known as the Gold Line during construction, is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) electric commuter rail line between Denver Union Station and Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Long schedu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colorado Amendment 76, also known as the Citizenship Requirement for Voting Initiative, was an initiated state statute referendum that appeared on the ballot in the U.S. state of Colorado on November …
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Claim 7: “Svetlana Alexeievich (a Belarusian writer who compiled gripping social histories)”
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Wikipedia and multiple other sources confirm Svetlana Alexievich is a Belarusian writer and investigative journalist.
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web search NEUTRAL — Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich[1] (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian.
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web search NEUTRAL — Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich was born 1948 in Ukraine, and writes in Russian. In 2015, she was awarded the Literature Nobel Prize for her "polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and cou…
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web search NEUTRAL — ‘For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time,’ these words accompanied the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian writer, origina…
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Claim 8: “The final version involved two [perspectives], plus some documents left by a third person.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of university final exam schedules and is completely irrelevant to the content of the novel 'The Silence that Remains'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Each block on the grid identifies the date and time of a final exam according to the semester block schedule. Identify the day and time of your final exam by finding the regular meeting time of your c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Final Exam Policy Final exams must be given during the final exam period at the scheduled time and in the scheduled place, although alternative uses of the scheduled exam period may be designated by t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Spring 2026 Undergraduate Final Exam Schedule ... *Classes that are not represented on the exam schedule should use the exam time that aligns with the beginning of the class.
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