Deirdre McNamer, a granddaughter of Montana homesteaders, grew up in several small towns in northcentral Montana. In addition to One Sweet Quarrel (a New York Times Notable Book of 1994), she is the author of the acclaimed novels Rima in the Weeds (winner of the 1992 Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Award), My Russian (a New York Times Notable Book of 1999), and Red Rover (winner of the 2007 Montana Book Award from the Montana Library Association, and named a Best Book of 2007 by Artforum, the Washington Post, the LA Times, Bloomberg News, and the Rocky Mountain News). She teaches creative writing at the University of Montana.This profile was written by Valerie Hemingway: http://www.distinctlymontana.com/montana-people/deirdre-mcnamer