John Clayton

John Clayton is the author of Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public Lands (Pegasus, 2019). John's previous books include Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon (Pegasus, 2017), plus Stories from Montana's Enduring Frontier, a collection of essays on Montana history, and The Cowboy Girl, a biography of the Montana/Wyoming novelist, journalist, and homesteader Caroline Lockhart. A fulltime freelance writer, John graduated from Williams College and has lived in Montana for the past 32 years.