Pam Houston is the author of two works of fiction,
Cowboys Are My Weakness ( the 1993 winner of the Western States Book Award) and
Waltzing the Cat. Her stories have been selected for
Best American Short Stories (1990, 1999),
Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards (1999), and
The Best American Short Stories of the Century (1999), as well as a Pushcart Prize. Houston is the editor of the anthology
Women on Hunting, and has written the text for a book of photoghraphs called
Men before 10 A.M.. She has been a contributing editor to
Elle and
Ski, writes regularly for
Conde Nast Sports for Women, aand has been a guest on CBS-TV
Sunday Morning with Postcards from Colorado
She lives at an altitude of 9,000 feet in southwestern Colorado.