David Allan Cates

David Allan Cates is the executive director of Missoula
Medical Aid and leads groups of medical professionals on
trips to Honduras, where he works in rural villages and
hospitals as an interpreter. In Missoula, he works with the
Missoula Writing Collaborative, teaching classes on the
short story in public high schools. For many years he has
worked as a fishing guide on the Smith River. He is the
author of one previous novel, Hunger in America (S&S, 1992),
a New York Times Notable Book, numerous published short
stories, and many articles on fishing and river travel for
Outside and the New York Times Magazine. In spring 2005 he
will have a story in Glimmer Train, and in the fall he will
have an article in Outside on a trip to Nicaragua. He lives
in Missoula, Montana.