Author Description

Vistas of the West is a hardcover, full-color collection of poetry and visual art that celebrates the beauty and spirit of the Rocky Mountains, Western foothills, prairie landscapes, and the natural inhabitants of these beautiful environments. Poets in the books are Doris Daley, Other poets and artists in the collection are: Reneltta Arluk, Nancy Bell, Cori Brewster, Jan Burney, Neall Calvert, RJJ Dallas, Kris Demeanor, Della Dickie, Steve Foote, Patricia Frolander, Karen Gimbel, DW Groethe, Trudy Grienauer, Rayanne Haines, John Wort Hannam, Jonathan Locke Hart, Barbara Janusz, Lawrence Kapustka, Susan Kristoferson, Chief Stacey Laforme, Neil Liske, Phil Lister, Alice Major, Janice McCrum, Pamela Medland, Doc Mehl, Chad Okrusch, BJ Smith, Ferdinando Spino, Eugene Stickland, Lorene Shyba, Neal Whitman, Erica Witbeck, and Elizabeth Yakeleya. Anna Burger-Martindale, Billie Rae Busby, Dawn Candy, Steve Coffey, Linda Cote, Cindy Delpart, Jim Etzkorn, Ken Froese, Helena Hadala, John Heerema, Brad Keys, Eveline Kolijn, Susan Kristoferson, Chester Lees, Neil Liske, Deborah Lougheed Sinclair, Jennifer Mack, Bruce Park, Julia Reimer, Tyler Rock, Erin Ross, Cindy Skrukwa, Justina Smith, Mady Thiel-Kopstein, Karin Thorsteinson, Verna Vogal, Sharon Lynn Williams, and Simon Wroot.