Larry Watson is the author of eleven books, among them the novels Montana 1948, Orchard, Let Him Go, and As Good As Gone. His first book of poetry is LATE ASSIGNMENTS (Standing Stone Books, 2019). His fiction has been published in more than a dozen languages and has received prizes and awards from Friends of American Writers, Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association, New York Public Library, Critic's, and elsewhere. He has published stories, poems and essays in numerous literary magazines and journals.