Born and raised between the Columbia River and Mount St. Helens, Jon is a national award-winning journalist, novelist, and editor for Latah Books.  

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His novel Deep Fire Rise was honored as a Spur Award Finalist for best contemporary novel by the Western Writers of America and was ranked one of the top 75 best Pacific Northwest novels of all time on Goodreads.

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In 2018, Jon's interview on Northwestern Outdoors Radio was voted the best conservation/nature segment in the nation by the Outdoor Writers Association of America. 

 

He has edited more than twenty books and been published in numerous newspapers and magazines. 

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