Craig Lancaster is the author of ten novels and a collection of short stories, a body of work that includes the international bestseller 600 Hours of Edward and, more recently, And It Will Be a Beautiful Life.His work has been recognized by the Montana Book Awards, the High Plains Book Awards, the Utah Book Awards, and the Independent Publisher Book Awards, as well as many other national, regional, and international honors and citations.In addition to his fiction, Lancaster is a playwright, a freelance editor and graphic designer, and a research analyst. He was a longtime sports journalist in the print and digital realms and for more than a decade has served as the design director of Montana Quarterly magazine.Lancaster grew up in Texas. After half a lifetime of wandering the American West (and beyond), he now lives in Billings, Montana.