Daniel Justin Herman

Daniel Herman is professor of history at Central Washington University. His most recent book--The Feudist: A Novel of the Pleasant Valley War--received Reader Views' gold award for best Mountain-West novel of 2020, as well as Reader Views' bronze award for historical fiction. The Feudist was also named a finalist in the SPR awards competition. Herman's earlier books--which range from a history of hunting in the U.S. to a history of indigenous peoples in Central Arizona--have likewise garnered multiple prizes, including the Charles Redd Center-Phi Alpha Theta Book Award in Western History and the Labriola Center National American Indian Book Award. Herman lives in Ellensburg, Washington, with his wife, Margareta, daughter, Persia, and a pair of neurotic cats.