Come listen to Missoula Author Fred Haefele talk about his latest title at the Library! Cassiopeia Books will be present to sell Fred’s latest book as well. Fred was born in Detroit in 1944. He grew up in Flint Michigan and Jacksonville, Florida. His latest book, The Essential Book of Pickup Trucks (Bison Books,) was released May 1, 2025. He is author of the award-winning motorcycle memoir, Rebuilding the Indian (Riverhead, 1998). Haefele is author of the collection, Extremophilia (Bangtail, 2012), and his magazine work has appeared in Outside, Wired, High Country News, and The New York Times. He’s received literary fellowships from The Fine Arts Work Center, the National Endowment for the Arts and Stanford University. For the past forty years, he’s made his living as an ISA certified arborist and a creative writing teacher. He lives in Missoula with his wife, the novelist Caroline Patterson.