- Rick Bass
Rick Bass (born
March 7 ,1958 Fact|date=August 2007) is a critically-acclaimed, very popular and award-winning Americanwriter and anenvironmental activist .Raised the son of a geologist in
Texas , Bass studiedpetroleum geology atUtah State University . He started writing short stories on his lunch breaks while working as a petroleum geologist inJackson, Mississippi . In 1987, he moved with his wife, the artistElizabeth Hughes , to the remoteYaak Valley nearTroy, Montana , where he has been active in working to protect his adopted home from roads and logging. Rick serves on the board of the Yaak Valley Forest Council and Round River Conservation Studies.He is the author of over twenty books, including nonfiction nature writing, essay collections, short story collections, novellas and novels. Among his works are "The Deer Pasture", "Oil Notes", "Wild to the Heart", "Winter: Notes from Montana", "The Ninemile Wolves", "The Lost Grizzlies", "The Book of Yaak", "Where the Sea Used to Be", "Fiber","The Hermit's Story", and "Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had". He is the recipient of a
Pushcart Prize and anO. Henry Award [cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/ohenry/0999/winnerslist.html|title=O. Henry Award Winners 1919-1999|publisher=Random House |accessdate=2007-07-09] .References
External links
* [http://wiredforbooks.org/rickbass/ 1991 interview with Rick Bass] by
Don Swaim atWired for Books
* [http://wiredforbooks.org/rickbass/litfest.htm 2006 reading and lecture by Rick Bass]
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tturb/00151/trb-00151.html Author papers at Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University]
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