Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres) is on stage at The Union Club Bar & Grill in downtown Missoula. Earlier in the week, she turned 68. Jane Smiley has been publishing books—26 by my count—since 1980. Short stories, essays, non-fiction, young adult stories, and more. She is wearing blue jeans and a checked…
Author: Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens is the author of the The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won The Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery. Stevens has also published short stories in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022), Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Tribune, among others. Stevens is longtime member of Mystery Writers of America. In 2023, Stevens was named Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for the second time. He lives in southwest Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Writer #101
Shawn Harper & Matryoshka Blues Shawn Harper calls it “the good kind of hurt.” That’s the hurt from hearing a comment at your critique group that means there’s work to be done, that your work in progress is not quite ready for prime time. On Oct. 7, Shawn is one of four panelists leading RMFW’s…
Rocky Mountain Writer #100
Jeffrey Lockwood & Poisoned Justice Episode #100 of the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast comes down to three things: insects, noir and a preview of the upcoming workshop this weekend on bone forensics. The guest is writer Jeff Lockwood, who earned a doctorate in entomology and who has worked for 15 years as an insect ecologist…
Rocky Mountain Writer #99
Kerry Schafer / Kerry Anne King & World Tree Girl, I Wish You Happy We last checked in with Kerry Schafer way back in February of 2016 and she was on the phone from her home in Washington State. This time, we’ve got her for in-person chat, recorded last week at Colorado Gold, RMFW’s big…
The Price of Our Dreams (Title Borrowed!)
When he talks about writing, George Saunders brings it all down to earth. He’s so straightforward, so sure, so clear about every phase of the process. And reassuring, too. Literary snobbishness? Zip and ola. I’ve sung his praises before and reviewed Tenth of December, a terrific collection of imaginative short stories. I could also post…