James Ostby ~ Author
  • Bio
  • House of Darkness
  • Mark IV
  • Rat-Tail Curves
  • Jake Miller's Wheel
  • Men With Broken Faces
  • Misc.

      James Ostby grew up on the barren High Plains of northeastern Montana, on the farm homesteaded by his grandparents in 1912.  He holds a bachelor of science degree in general studies, a bachelor of science in film and television production, and a minor in history. He was a personnel psychology specialist in the Army in the mid '60s, has worked in public and commercial television, and was the owner and manager of a small-town radio station in Wyoming.  He and his wife, Donna, and their two young daughters returned to the farm in 1977 where the long, cold winters and the isolation provided the perfect writing environment.
     James and Donna spent fifteen winters cruising the southeast coast of the U.S. aboard their blue-water sailboat Evangeline.  In the summers they enjoyed the solitude at their home in Montana.  But they have now retired from sailing and James is concentrating fully on his literary writing, which he does not for profit, but for the art and passion of it.
     (P.S.  He was a student in Robert Pirsig's college class, and years later was commended by him on his writing.)

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   Fifth-generation Norwegian/American, grew up on a farm on the Montana high plains, H.S. in the late '50s, B.S. Psychology, Minor History, Army mid-60s, married, B.S. Film & TV, Commercial TV, Public TV, radio station owner, returned to farm, sailed with wife for ten winters, etc.
    Have been writing as an avocation for years, old enough to have been in Robert Pirsig's college English class.
    One free e-book here (next page), another on the way.

    E-mail:  jimostby@gmx.com
  • Bio
  • House of Darkness
  • Mark IV
  • Rat-Tail Curves
  • Jake Miller's Wheel
  • Men With Broken Faces
  • Misc.