John Rember is a fourth generation Idahoan, born in Sun Valley, Idaho in the heart of the Wood River Valley. He is the author of several books, many essays and short stories, and some plays as well. His most recent book – Traplines: Coming Home to the Sawtooth Valley – recounts his youth growing up in the mountains of Idaho and re-examines those experiences returning as an adult.
Two of his other works – Coyote in the Mountains & Cheerleaders from Gomorrah are cleverly crafted collections of fictional short stories set in a resort town of the Rocky Mountains. Though disguised in name, quite clearly the Ketchum and Sun Valley area of his birth. These western fables examine the new west as mythology through brightly lit characters and locations. Anyone who has spent time living in a mountain or ski resort will certainly recognize some of the people between these pages.
The biography on his personal site lists him as Writer-at-Large at Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell and a teacher at the Pacific University MFA program in Forest Grove, Oregon. He is also a contributing columnist for The Idaho Mountain Express and semi-regular speaker at The Community Library in Ketchum, ID.
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John Rember books at Amazon:
Traplines: Coming Home to Sawtooth Valley
Coyote in the Mountains and Other Stories
Cheerleaders from Gomorrah: Tales from the Lycra Archipelago
Originally published at GoodIdaho.com : Idaho Authors Feature – John Rember