Steve Devitt started writing for publication in 1963. As a junior in high school he wrote for his school paper in Billings Montana. He worked his way through college on journalism scholar-ships. He became the youngest editor in Montana in 1969, working at the Choteau Acantha, a hot-lead weekly. Before moving on to teach university level English and writing classes in 1994, he edited a half dozen weeklies, two daily newspapers and had a successful career as a freelance writer. Since then, he has taught in the United States, China and Nigeria.

In the 1970s, he wrote for what was then called “the underground press.” He was an associate editor of the College Press Service, served as news editor of the Vancouver, BC, Georgia Strait. In 1980, he founded the Montana Maverick, a weekly he published for three years.

He lives in Tucson, Ariz., with his wife Suyun, and Mr. Dog.