MAGGIE ANDERSON & BRAD ORSTED: READING, SIGNING, CONVERSATION

Wheatgrass Books will host authors Maggie Anderson and Brad Orsted for a reading, signing, and conversation on Thursday, September 26th at 7 PM.

Maggie Anderson is the author of Between Rock and A Hard Place. After flying into Bozeman from Wisconsin, sometime in her late 30s, Maggie Anderson rented a car after an interview for the Communications Director for an Engineering Project at MSU and drove up the Gallatin Canyon. She knew right then, driving that beautiful, treacherous road with tears running down her face, that her previous zip codes would be replaced by making that stunning Valley her home. Her love affair with the mountain west was born in that rental car. Maggie spent the lion’s share of her professional life as a Hired Pen, crafting communications for businesses, educational institutions, medical facilities and anything in between. She wrote scripts for everything from Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Vocational Education Programs to a medication for horses to prevent a tick-born disease and the community education of public school bond and funding elections. Her expertise was used to produce written material, videos, websites, tv and radio commercials and gala grand openings. Maggie wrote for others almost daily for decades, but only in recent years did she begin to write for herself. Her first book, Between Rock and a Hard Place, was published in 2023. She lives in Paradise Valley with two dogs, two horses and a very delinquent cat. She still finds her peace in wild places in the mountains and advocating for those places.

Through the Wilderness: My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild is Brad Orsted’s story of losing his daughter and nearly himself, before a series of breakdowns in the wild, healing ceremonies, and a love that comes from a deeper understanding of nature helped get him sober and back on the good red road with Marley at his side again.

Brad Orsted is an award-winning wildlife and conservation filmmaker/photographer, author, speaker, and wilderness therapy instructor. Brad’s work has appeared on Nat Geo Wild, The BBC, PBS, Nature, The Washington Post and Smithsonian Channel. Brad’s most recent film, “The Beast of Our Time: Grizzly Bears and Climate Change” is narrated by none other than ‘The Dude’, Jeff Bridges. The film recently won Best Environmental Film Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Wheatgrass Books is located at 120 N. Main St. in downtown Livingston. For more information, send an email to wheatgrassbooks@gmail.com or call 406. 224. 4510.

MAGGIE ANDERSON & BRAD ORSTED: READING, SIGNING, CONVERSATION

SEPT. 26TH at 7 PM

WHEATGRASS BOOKS

120 NORTH MAIN

LIVINGSTON MT 59047

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