Robert Olmstead is an American author. He is the author of the novels America by Land, A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go, and Soft Water. He is also the author of a memoir Stay Here With Me, as well as River Dogs, a collection of short stories and the textbook Elements of the Writing Craft. His latest novel, Coal Black Horse, has received national acclaim, including the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction and selection for the “On the Same Page Cincinnati” reading program. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA grant.

Olmstead was born in 1954 in New Hampshire. He grew up on a farm and later attended Syracuse University, where he studied with Raymond Carver and Tobias Wolff. He is currently the Director of Creative Writing at Ohio Wesleyan University. He has also served as the Senior Writer in Residence at Dickinson College and as the director of creative writing at Boise State University.

 ''River Dogs'' (1987)
 ''Soft Water'' (1988)
 ''America By Land'' (1993)
 ''Stay Here With Me'' (1997)
 ''A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go'' (1998)
 ''Coal Black Horse'' (2007)
 ''Far Bright Star'' (2009)

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