Jon Billman was born in Rapid City, South Dakota. He has been a construction worker, wildland firefighter, high school English teacher and freelance writer. He is a Contributing Writer for Skiing and Mountain Bike magazines. His fiction has appeared in such publications as Esquire, Zoetrope and The Paris Review. His first book, When We Were Wolves (Random House), is a collection of stories set in the American West. He is finishing a novel, Embalming Will Rogers, that takes place in the Red Desert of Wyoming.

Office/Office Hours

• office: 419 Ross
• office hours: 10-12, 1-3 W
• office phone: (515) 294-8211
• email: jbillman@iastate.edu

Interests

• fiction
• nonfiction
• outdoor sports

Selected Publications

• When We Were Wolves, Stories (Random House 1999)
• “Pimp” Skiing Ed. Marc Peruzzi. September 2005.
• “Michelle Raises Hell.” Outside Ed. Hal Espen, April 2004.
• “Badass Brother Truckers.” Skiing Ed. Marc Puruzzi October 2004.
• "Powder Bumming on the Greyhound.” Outside Ed. Hal Espen, February 2003.
• “Inkneck,” Ploughshares Ed. Antonya Nelson, Fall 2005.
• “Uneasy Rider.” Powder Ed. Porter Fox, February 2002.

Affiliations

• Associated Writing Programs

Degrees

• MFA, Eastern Washington University