John T. Price is the author of the memoirs Daddy Long Legs: The Natural Education of a Father (forthcoming in Spring 2013 by Trumpeter Books/Shambhala Press); Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships (Da Capo Press, 2008; paperback to be released by University of Iowa Press, Spring, 2012) and Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey into the American Grasslands (U. of Nebraska Press, 2004). Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1966, he attended the University of Iowa, where he earned his B.A. in Religion, M.F.A. in Nonfiction Writing and Ph.D. in English. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and other recognitions, his nonfiction writing about nature, family, and spirit has appeared in many journals, magazines, newspapers, and anthologies including Orion, The Christian Science Monitor, Creative Nonfiction, Isotope, and Best Spiritual Writing 2000. He is a Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he teaches nonfiction writing,and a fellow at the Black Earth Institute. He lives with his wife Stephanie and three sons in the Loess Hills of western Iowa.
