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.