Montana 1948,
American Boy, and
Let Him Go, which was adapted into a feature film and released in 2020. He is the recipient of the Friends of American Writers Award and the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, among other honors. His essays and reviews have appeared in the
Los Angeles Times,
Washington Post,
Chicago Sun-Times, and elsewhere. Watson is now a Visiting Professor at Marquette University and lives in Milwaukee. His latest novel,
The Lives of Edie Pritchard, an intergenerational story of the American West told through the history of one woman, was released this past summer.
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Literary Hub: Your stories are notable for centering dynamic, well-drawn women who often have to deal with volatile men. Did Diane Lane’s performance as Margaret Blackledge in