Authors
Name | Lifetime | Montana connection | Comments | Refs |
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Baker, DorothyDorothy Baker | 1907–1968 | Born in Missoula | Novelist | |
Bass, RickRick Bass | 1958–present | Moved to Yaak Valley, near Troy in 1987; lives in Missoula | Novelist; memoirist; environmental activist | |
Bower, B. M.B. M. Bower | 1871–1940 | Lived most of her youth near Big Sandy | Author of novels, short stories; and screenplays about the American Old West | |
Brautigan, RichardRichard Brautigan | 1935–1984 | Lived in Paradise Valley during the late 1970s | Novelist; poet; short story writer | |
Cahill, TimTim Cahill | 1944–present | Lives in Livingston | Travel writer; founding editor of Outside magazine | |
Coates, Grace StoneGrace Stone Coates | 1881–1976 | Moved to Montana as an adult; lived in Stevensville, Butte, and Martinsdale | Short story writer, novelist; poet; journalist | |
Craven, MargaretMargaret Craven | 1901–1980 | Born in Helena | Short story writer; novelist; journalist | |
Doig, IvanIvan Doig | 1939–present | Born in White Sulphur Springs; raised there and in Pondera County; lived near Choteau | Novelist specializing in Montana and western themes | |
Ehrenreich, BarbaraBarbara Ehrenreich | 1941–present | Born and raised in Butte | Columnist; essayist; political activist; feminist | |
Guthrie, Jr., A. B.A. B. Guthrie, Jr. | 1901–1991 | Moved to Montana as an infant; raised in Choteau | Novelist; screenwriter; historian; literary historian; won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1950; grandfather of Eden Atwood | |
Harrison, JimJim Harrison | 1937–present | Lives Paradise Valley | Author; poet; essayist; food writer | |
Hjortsberg, WilliamWilliam Hjortsberg | 1941–present | Longtime resident of Park County | Novelist; screenwriter | |
Howard, Joseph KinseyJoseph Kinsey Howard | 1906–1951 | Lived in Great Falls | Journalist; historian; author; specialized in the history, culture, and economic circumstances of Montana; Howard's 1943 book, Montana: High, Wide, and Handsome is considered a landmark | |
Hugo, RichardRichard Hugo | 1923–1982 | Lived in Missoula | Poet; taught creative writing at the University of Montana | |
Johnson, Dorothy M.Dorothy M. Johnson | 1905–1984 | Moved to Whitefish as a child; attended college in, lived in, and taught college in Missoula | Author of American Old West fiction | |
Kittredge, WilliamWilliam Kittredge | 1932–present | Taught college in Missoula; lived in Missoula since 1969 | Author; professor | |
McNickle, D'ArcyD'Arcy McNickle | 1904–1977 | Born and raised in St. Ignatius | Novelist; Native American activist | |
McFadden, CyraCyra McFadden | 1939–present | Born in Great Falls; lived in Missoula | Novelist; memoirist | |
McGuane, ThomasThomas McGuane | 1939–present | Moved to Montana in 1968; lived in Paradise Valley and McLeod | Novelist; short story writer; essayist; screenplay writer | |
Meloy, MaileMaile Meloy | 1972–present | Born and raised in Helena | Fiction writer; sister of Colin Meloy | |
Nelson, AndrewAndrew Nelson | 1893–1975 | Born in Great Falls | Missionary; linguist; lexicographer | |
Quammen, DavidDavid Quammen | 1948–present | Moved to and lives in Bozeman since circa 1973 | Fiction, science, and travel writer | |
Paolini, ChristopherChristopher Paolini | 1983–present | Raised and lives in Paradise Valley | Fantasy writer | |
Schultz, James WillardJames Willard Schultz | 1859–1947 | Lived in Browning, Carroll, and Bozeman; buried on the Blackfeet Reservation | Also known as Apikuni; author; explorer; Glacier National Park guide; fur trader; historian of the Blackfoot Indians | |
Stegner, WallaceWallace Stegner | 1909–1993 | Raised in Great Falls | Historian; novelist; short story writer; environmentalist;, often called "The Dean of Western Writers"; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1972) | |
Svee, GaryGary Svee | 1943–present | Born, raised, and lives in Billings; attended college in Missoula | Journalist; author |
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