My Heart Is a Mountain: Tales of Magic and the Land - Paperback

by Catherine Dybiec Holm (Author)

My Heart Is a Mountain is a collection of eleven fiction stories and one memoir piece. From northern Minnesota to Alaska, from the Dustbowl to Appalachia, from swamps to mountains to the afterlife, these tales blend the magic and the mundane as characters discover themselves, their limitations, and their greatness.

Catherine Holm is an award-winning writer who lives with her husband Chris in rural Cook, Minnesota, on ten acres of boreal forest. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies and chapbooks. She writes about human yearning and how it is shaped by land and place.

Author Biography

Catherine Dybiec Holm: Catherine Holm has published short stories, creative nonfiction, and numerous articles and essays. She won a 2006 McKnight/ARAC prose fellowship and a 2003 Minnesota State Arts Board prose fellowship to support her fiction.

Catherine is working on her third novel, and adding to her collection of 50+ short stories. The magic in everyday life is a big part of her writing, as is the importance of place.

Catherine is a self-employed freelance writer and editor. She lives in the northern Minnesota woods with her husband and several cats, dogs, and chickens. She enjoys reading, yoga, gardening, wilderness camping, and many outdoor activities.