Mosher writes stories, almost folk tales at times, built out of lost and forgotten history, rooted in a strong sense of place, inhabited with colorful characters. His terrain may be specific, but his themes are universal.
Howard Frank Mosher
Described by the Los Angeles Times as “a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison,” Howard Frank Mosher (1942–2017) was the author of Northern Borders, Where the Rivers Flow North, A Stranger in the Kingdom (winner of the New England Book Award for fiction), and other novels and short stories. He received a Guggenheim fellowship and a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, and the American Civil Liberties Union Award for Excellence in the Arts.
