About Ivan Doig
Biography
Ivan Doig (June 27, 1939- April 9,2015), a third generation Montanan, was born in
White Sulphur Springs, Montana. He grew up along the Rocky Mountain front where much
of his writing takes place. His highly acclaimed memoir This House of Sky (1978), was a finalist for the National Book Award. A former ranch hand, newspaperman,
and magazine editor, Doig graduated from Northwestern University where he received
bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism. He earned a Ph.D. in history from the
University of Washington in 1969, and during his career was the recipient of three
honorary doctorates. In the century's-end San Francisco Chronicle polls to name the best Western novels and works of non-fiction, Doig was the only
living writer with books in the top dozen on both lists: English Creek in fiction and This House of Sky in non-fiction. He lived in Seattle with his wife Carol, who taught the literature
of the American West.
