Neil McMahon is the author of five novels, including the recently published Lone Creek. McMahon is also a carpenter in Missoula, where his wife coordinates the Montana Festival of the Book.

Praised by fellow writers like Michael Connelly, James Crumley, Annick Smith, and William Kittredge, McMahon is working on the sequel to Lone Creek. He also held a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford.