Six Montana writers sweep the 2019 High Plains Book Awards

Press release

Six Montanans were among the 11 award winners chosen from a record 228 nominations in the 2019 High Plains Book Awards. The winners were announced at the 13th annual awards banquet on Oct. 12 in Billings. Other winners were from Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado, New York state and Manitoba, Canada.

The six Montana authors were David Quammen, Thomas McGuane, Danell Jones, Maxim Loskutoff, Chris La Tray and Rodney Gottula. Other winners were Susan Devan Harness of Colorado and Susan Henderson of New York, both of whom won awards in two separate categories, and Sara Henning of S...