Howard Frank Mosher

Howard Frank Mosher is a contemporary author of ten books: nine fiction and one non-fiction. Much of his fiction takes place in the mid-20th century and all of it is set in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, a region loosely defined by the three counties in the northeastern corner of the state (Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia).

His books, in order of publication, are:
#"Disappearances" (1977)
#"Where the Rivers Flow North" (1978)
#"Marie Blythe" (1983)
#"A Stranger in the Kingdom" (1989)
#"Northern Borders" (1994)
#"North Country" (nonfiction) (1997)
#"The Fall of the Year" (1999)
#"The True Account" (2003)
#"Waiting for Teddy Williams" (2004)
#"On Kingdom Mountain" (2007)

His characters are often quirky, reflecting the distinctive peculiarities of the region's taciturn residents.

He is the 1981 recipient of the Literature Award bestowed by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

"A Stranger In the Kingdom" won the New England Book Award for Fiction in 1991, and was later filmed by director Jay Craven. Craven has also adapted "Disappearances" and "Where the Rivers Flow North" to film.

He received the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2006. [cite book | author = Occaso, Carla |title = Irasburg Author Howard Frank Mosher Inspired by Wild Surroundings | publisher = Northland Journal | month = April | year = 2006]

Mosher taught English at Orleans High and Lake Region during his early years.

Mosher lives with his wife, Phillis, in Irasburg, Vermont.

He graduated from Cato-Meridian Central School, [ [http://www.catomeridian.org/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1 School District official website] ] in Cato, New York, in 1960 and graduated from Syracuse University in 1964. [ [http://www.cabinet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/MILFORD01/71109025/-1/Milford01 Article on Mosher] ]

2007 interview with The Optimistic Curmudgeon [ [http://optimisticcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/10/howard-frank-mosher-american-writer.html Interview] ]

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