2004's Northern Border's
The Story
Northern Borders, our novel for 2004, was written in 1994. Its bygone era evoked memories for many older readers and introduced to younger readers a simpler but more rugged time. The characters made us reminisce, laugh, shake our heads in agreement or exasperation, and caused many enjoyable discussions around our three counties.
About the Author
Described by the Los Angeles Times as "a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison," Howard Frank Mosher is the author of seven novels. Three of his novels have been made into feature films: A Stranger in the Kingdom, which starred Martin Sheen and Ernie Hudson; Disappearances, which starred Kris Kristofferson and Billy Connolly, and Where the Rivers Flow North, which starred Rip Torn and Michael J. Fox. Born in upstate New York, Howard Frank Mosher is a longtime resident of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, where he lives with Phillis, his wife of nearly four decades — the inspiration for Yellow Sage Flower Who Tells Wise Stories in The True Account. They have two children.
Read The Daily News Profile story on Howard Frank Mosher
2011 Update
Jay Craven, the independent Vermont filmmaker, who has adapted three of Mosher’s novels, recently started production on a fourth. And this one is one particular interest to readers in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties. Craven’s film is adapted from “Northern Borders,” Mosher’s coming-of-age story of young Austen Kittredge who is sent to live on his grandparents farm. Shooting is expected to begin in March. Follow the project’s progress at www.kingdomcounty.org .
In October, Mosher received a lifetime achievement award from the New England Independent Booksellers Association. In March he has ha memoir coming out. “The Great Northern Express” will recount the author’s epic book tours.
Awards for Howard Frank Mosher
Guggenheim fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
The American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award,
The American Civil Liberties Union Award for Excellence in the Arts
New England Book Award
Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
In 1995, School Library Journal chose Northern Borders as a best adult
book for high school students.
Other Works by this Author
Disappearances-
Where the Rivers Flow North -Viking Press
(New York) 1978
Marie Blythe -Viking Press (New York) 1983
North Country: A Personal Journey - Houghton
Mifflin (Boston) 1997
The Fall of the Year - Houghton Mifflin (Boston)
1999
The True Account: Concerning a Vermont gentleman's
race to the Pacific against and exploration of the Western American
continent to the expedition of Captains Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark - Houghton Mifflin (Boston) 2003
On
Kingdom Mountain
-Houghton Mifflin ( Boston) 2007
Walking to Gatlinburg - Shaye Areheart Books
(New York) March 2010
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2010 Update
RETURN TO KINGDOM COUNTY: Mosher went back to Kingdom
County for his
most recent novel, "On Kingdom Mountain," which was published
in July
2007. It introduces readers to Miss Jane Hubbell Kinneson, the last
remaining resident of a wild mountain on the U.S.-Canadian border. She's
trying to stop a proposed highway and finds another adventure when a
mysterious aviator crashes on the frozen lake at the foot of her mountain,
bringing with him a riddle containing clues to the whereabouts of stolen
Civil War-era gold.
RETURN TO GENESEE COUNTY: In October,2008 the author returned to Richmond
Memorial Library, Batavia, to talk about his latest book and introduce
the 2008 Tale selection. Earlier in the summer, Mosher was in Buffalo
and Brockport as part of a summer book tour that made more than 100
stops in 100 days.
NEW PROJECTS: Mosher is at work on a non-fiction book about last summer’s
marathon book tour.The non-fiction travel memoir, “The Great American
Book Tour,” chronicles Mosher’s 100-city book tour to promote
his latest novel, "On
Kingdom Mountain." It will also include some Northeast Kingdom
memoir material from his life in northern Vermont interspersed throughout
the book.
UP NEXT: "Walking to Gatlinburg" focuses on Morgan Kinneson,
Miss Jane Kinneson's father. It is the story of Morgan's trip from Vermont
to the Civil War ravaged South to track down and eliminate six psychopaths
who have been killing conductors of the Underground Railroad, including
his parents. The novel includes scenes along the Erie Canal from near
Albany to Utica and at the Union prison camp in Elmira. Walking to Gatlinburg
was released March 2, 2010. It debuted at no. 23 on the Indie list and
was a notable pick for March 2010 by the American Booksellers Association.
This year also finds Mosher with a new publisher, Random House, that
reunites him with Shaye Areheart, editor to A Stranger in the Kingdom.
For the 2004 Tale for Three Counties, Batavia's The Daily News introduced a review contest with winners enjoying lunch with author Howard Frank Mosher. The six winners were: Bonnie Bowman (Wyoming), Ann Burlingham (Perry), Nancy Elmore (LeRoy), Meghan DeGolyer Hauser (Perry), Gilbert Jordan (Wyoming), and Alice Wilson (Wyoming).
In October, the author returned to Richmond Memorial Library, Batavia,
to talk about his latest book and introduce the 2008 Tale selection.
Earlier in the summer, Mosher was in Buffalo and Brockport as part of
a summer book tour that made more than 100 stops in 100 days.
Click Here for Photos from the event