Sid Gustafson writes literary fiction and poetry. He practices veterinary medicine in Montana and New York.

Sidney nurtures harmonious relationships between humans and animals in his lyrical stories and poems. He writes for the New York Times supporting racehorse welfare. His efforts resulted in the elimination of permitted raceday drugs in American horseracing with a subsequent reduction in catastrophic injuries. His current animal activism revolves around abolishing the untoward practice of declawing cats by unethical veterinarians while putting an end to the hot-iron branding of baby calves by abusive cattle ranchers.

The novelist was born in Montana, as were his children and grandchildren. Sid grew up secured by horses, cats, dogs, cattle, and wildlife in the shadow of the Rocky Mountain Front, where his novels take place. These days, his sheepdog Batman is teaching him how to know and herd sheep.

Literary influences include Halldór Laxness, James Willard Schultz, Iris Murdoch, Harper Lee, Malcolm Lowry, Alan Sillitoe, and Ken Kesey, along with the beat writers and Montana novelists.

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