Maxim Loskutoff is the author of the novel RUTHIE FEAR, winner of the High Plains Book Award, and the story collection COME WEST AND SEE, an NPR and Amazon Best Book and New York Times Editor's Choice. His stories and essays have appeared in numerous periodicals, including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ploughshares, and GQ. Other honors include the Nelson Algren Award, M Literary Prize, and Montana Innovation Award. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, where he was raised.