Maxim Loskutoff

Maxim Loskutoff was raised in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana. His debut collection COME WEST AND SEE won the High Plains Book Award, was a NY Times Editor’s Choice, and an NPR and Amazon Best Book. "A new kind of American western." (NPR)

His debut novel RUTHIE FEAR won the Montana Innovation Award and the High Plains Book Award, received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, and Booklist, and was a Reading the West Award Finalist. “Astonishing...a magnificent novel.” (Bookreporter)

His second novel OLD KING was named a Best Book of Summer by the Boston Globe and Minneapolis Star Tribune, and a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Publisher's Weekly. “Loskutoff is unmatched at evoking the contentious, transitional nature of the American West.” (Wall Street Journal)

The recipient of fellowships from Yaddo and MacDowell, his writing has appeared in the NY Times, Chicago Tribune, Ploughshares, GQ, and many other magazines. He is currently the Visiting Writer in the MFA Program at the University of Montana.