Russell Rowland

Russell Rowland is the author of two acclaimed novels, In Open Spaces (Harpercollins) and The Watershed Years (Riverbend). In Open Spaces made the San Francisco Chronicle's bestseller list and received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. The New York Times called it a novel with a 'muted elegance.' The Watershed Years was a finalist for the High Plains Book Award.

Russell is also co-editor of Stone's Throw Magazine (www.stonesthrowmagazine.com) and is co-editing an anthology of Western writers with Lynn Stegner. This collection will feature essays about what it means to be from the West, featuring sixty writers including Larry McMurtry, Louise Erdrich, Rick Bass, Gretel Ehrlich, and Kim Barnes.

Russell is a graduate of the Creative Writing Program at Boston University and a former Writer in Residence at St. Mary's College. Russell currently teaches online writing workshops and does private consulting