Ellen Waterston

Former rancher Ellen Waterston is the author of the essay collection Where the Crooked River Rises: A High Desert Home (OSU Press) and three collections of poetry. She is the founder of the Bend, Oregon literary festival The Nature of Words and instructor and founder of the Writing Ranch, which hosts writing workshops in central Oregon and awards the annual Waterston Desert Writing Prize.

Former rancher Ellen Waterston is the author of the essay collection Where the Crooked River Rises: A High Desert Home (OSU Press) and three collections of poetry. She is the founder of the Bend, Oregon literary festival The Nature of Words and instructor and founder of the Writing Ranch, which hosts writing workshops in central Oregon and awards the annual Waterston Desert Writing Prize. See less