Author Maxim Loskutoff will speak at the Key West library, 700 Fleming St., on Wednesday, April 22 at 6 p.m.
Loskutoff is the award-winning author of books, stories and essays about the contemporary West. His debut collection of stories, “Come West and See,” won the High Plains Book Award, was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, and an NPR and Amazon Best Book of the Year.
His debut novel “Ruthie Fear” won the Montana Innovation Award and the High Plains Book Award, received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist, and was a Reading the West Award finalist. His second novel, “Old King,” was named a Best Book of Summer by the Boston Globe and Minneapolis Star Tribune, and a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Publisher’s Weekly.
A former visiting writer at the University of Montana and the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo and MacDowell, his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ploughshares, GQ and many other magazines. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana where he was raised. He is a Peyton Evans Artist in Residence at The Studios of Key West in April.
This event is free and open to the public. A Monroe County Public Library card is not required to attend. The library has a small parking lot behind the building, with an entrance off Elizabeth Street. The library is also a stop on the Key West Rides on-demand bus service.
