Russell Rowland Author Event

Russell Rowland is a fourth-generation Montanan who has become known as one of the most highly respected voices of the West. Aside from five novels, all of which take place in Montana, Rowland has published two highly acclaimed non-fiction books, Fifty-Six Counties: A Montana Journey and Be a Man: Raised in the Shadow of Cowboys, and also co-edited an anthology of Western writers with Lynn Stegner, daughter-in-law of Wallace, called West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West.

Rowland has an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University, and he hosts a radio show inspired by his book Fifty-Six Counties, as well as two podcasts, The State of Montana and The Song of Rowland. He has also written countless columns for various Montana publications, and has been a three-time finalist for the High Plains Book Awards.