Brent is a fiction writer, born in Moscow, Idaho and raised outside Pasco, Washington. As an adult he’s bounced around the northwest a bit, straying as far as Missoula, Montana, but eventually found his way back to Pasco, where he currently lives with his cat and dog in a little farmhouse with a leaky roof. He grew up part of the rural working class, and spent most his childhood reading books, tracking baseball statistics, and talking to himself. (He still talks to himself quite a bit) He has a deep affection for the American NorthWest, and his writing is helplessly tied to the region.

His writing would likely fall in the literary fiction bucket, but he’s not big on labels. The best way to get a sense for what he does is to read one of his short stories. He’d tell you to read one of his novels, but he’s still trying to get one of those published. (He’s written four of them, and currently working on his fifth) His writing tends to cover a broad array of topics, including, but certainly not limited to, the rural working class, wilderness and agriculture, mental health, addiction and compulsion, and modern masculinity in rural America.

He has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, an MEd in Sport Management from Washington State University, and served as Fiction Editor for Dress Blues Press for about a year. He’s worked a variety of day jobs, from minor league baseball to nuclear waste immobilization, but he won’t bore you with those details.

The best way to get in touch with him is by carrier pigeon, but you can also send him a message through the Contact page.