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Russell Rowland

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http://www.goodreads.com/profile/russell

born

December 02, 1957

gender

male

place of birth

Bozeman, Montana

website

http://www.russellrowland.com

influences

Wallace Stegner, WIlliam Faulkner, James Joyce, Raymond Carver

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I'm a Montana native, and I'm happy to say I recently returned home. My first novel, In Open Spaces, made the San Francisco Chronicle's bestseller list. I got my MA in Creative Writing from Boston University in 1991, and have been a MacDowell fellow and a fortune cookie writer. The Watershed Years, the sequel to number one, just came out a few weeks ago.

books by Russell Rowland

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avg rating: 3.76 | 17 ratings | 2 distinct works

	In Open Spaces (Paperback) by Russell Rowland (goodreads author!) avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 2002	my rating:
	The Watershed Years (Paperback) by Russell Rowland (goodreads author!) avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 2007	my rating:

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	11/30 Russell is currently reading: Turpentine (Paperback) by Spring Warren bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 17

Russell made a comment in the group K.S.R. Kingworth—Welcome! Please Introduce Yourself... topic:

Russell wrote: "Hello, my name is Russell Rowland, and I'm the author of two novels, In Open Spaces and The Watershe...more "

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July 16

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January 31

Russell made a comment in the group Authors Society—Hello. This is my book... topic:

Russell wrote: "My latest novel, The Watershed Years, is a sequel to the first, In Open Spaces. My first novel made ...more "

January 27

Russell made a comment in the group Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest—other candidates topic:

Russell wrote: "Thanks a lot, Natalie...I'll get to yours today too. I appreciate the review. "

January 24

Russell made a comment in the group Movies We've Just Watched—you kill me topic:

Russell wrote: "I loved this movie...Ben Kingsley continues to make incredibly risky choices despite the fact that h...more "

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Russell wrote: "Jesus, what a jerk (Gibson, not Heath, obviously). This really is sad. Like others have said, Ledger...more "

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Russell's favorite quotes

""...larger than life...I've never understood that expression. What's larger than life?"

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This is the place to be so we can get to know each other! I want to know all about you. Goodreader's are good friends.

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This is a place to share knowledge. If you are writing and need to know something maybe someone here can give you an answer.

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This group is for writers to plug their books.
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from Becky

01/30/2008 09:08AM

You were a fortune cookie writer? How exciting! How, exactly, does one come into such a line of work? The funniest fortune cookie fortune I've come across said "Promote literacy--buy more fortune cookies."

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from Jeremy

01/23/2008 11:27PM

I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me today. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy

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from Jeremy

01/01/2008 01:34PM

Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

-Jeremy :)

P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
http://hauntedhousedressing.co...

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from Jeremy

12/24/2007 01:42AM

Hi Russell!

Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.

-Jeremy :)

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from Jeremy

12/15/2007 10:45PM

Thanks for the message, Russell! I've never read Angle of Repose, so I'll definitely check it out.

I think right now my favorite novel is either 1984, or The God of Small Things.

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day full of first-rate fates, fascinating flavors, and famous fire-eating ferret faeries.

-Jeremy :)

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from Russell

12/10/2007 07:54PM

Good question, Jeremy...I think I'd have to answer that in two parts...my favorite novel was probably Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. But the novel that blew me away more than any other was The Sound and the Fury. I just read it again a couple of years ago, and after writing several novels myself, this one took my breath away for the risks Faulkner took. He breaks every rule. And he makes it work.

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from Jeremy

12/10/2007 06:43PM

Hi Russell!

If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time?

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.

-Jeremy :)

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from Daniel

12/05/2007 08:15AM

Russell, I've added In Open Spaces and The Watershed Years to my to-read list.

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from Russell

11/13/2007 07:10PM

Thanks for the tip, Zinta! It's a pleasure to find such a great site.

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from Zinta

11/13/2007 07:10PM

Welcome aboard, Russell.

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