Bryce Andrews is the author of the forthcoming Down from the Mountain. His first book, Badluck Way, winner of the Discover Great New Writers Award, the Reading the West Book Award for nonfiction, and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. He works with the conservation group People and Carnivores and has lobbied Congress for the protection of grizzly bears and other endangered species. He lives on a farm near Arlee, Montana.