Rose of Durango

John D. Nesbitt

John D. Nesbitt lives in Torrington, Wyoming, where he teaches English and Spanish at Eastern Wyoming College. His literary articles, book reviews, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. In western fiction, his area of main emphasis, he has had six short story collections, two contemporary western novels, and more than a dozen traditional western novels published in various hardbound, large print, and mass-market paperback editions. He has also written textbooks and course manuals for his courses as well as a Boise State Western Writers Series booklet on Robert Roripaugh. He has won many prizes and awards for his work, including a Wyoming Arts Council literary fellowship for his fiction writing, two awards from the Wyoming State Historical Society (also for fiction), and two awards from Wyoming Writers for encouragement of other writers and service to the organization.