Pam Houston

Pam Houston (born January 9, 1962, in Trenton, New Jersey)[1] is an American author of short stories, novels and essays.

Major themes in Houston's work include relationships between men and women, the outdoors, animals and childhood trauma.

[1] She held several odd jobs before entering a graduate program at the University of Utah.

She took up an appointment as the Lois and Willard Mackey Chair in Creative Writing at Beloit College in the academic year 2002-2003.

Houston currently lives on a ranch at 9,000' above sea level in Colorado, near the headwaters of the Rio Grande River.