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SPRING BRANDING PAGE 12
TODD KLASSY is a commercial photographer who spe-
cializes in making rural lifestyle and travel photos.
His photographs especially show his fondness for
western culture. His photos have been published
by American Cowboy, Popular Photography, Sports
Illustrated, Western Horseman and many other magazines, web-
sites, and books. Todd is available for assignment work, his im-
ages are available for purchase as prints, and his images can be
licensed for commercial use. To see more of Todd's work please
visit: http://www.toddklassy.com
BUFFALO JUMPS
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HOLLY MATKIN is a native Montanan who lives with her
husband at the foot of the Elkhorn Mountains. She
covers a wide variety of topics as a freelance writer
for multiple local and national publications, and es-
pecially enjoys writing travel, history, and human interest pieces.
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL PUNKE
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LINDSAY TRAN is a freelance copywriter living and
working in Missoula. Originally from Bozeman,
her writing and research interests include history,
health and wellness, literature, and historic preser-
vation. She enjoys gardening, hiking, reading, and
horror movies.
QUINTESSENTIAL COWBOYS
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AMY GRISAK is a writer and photographer specializing in
gardening, cooking, and sustainable lifestyle topics,
as well as anything to do with the beautiful Montana
outdoors. Her articles appear in the New Pioneer,
Rodale's Organic Life, Camp Cabela's, Hobby Farms, The Farmers'
Almanac, Horticulture, the Great Falls Tribune, and more.
STEAK AND AMERICA
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SHERMAN CAHILL is a freelance writer who lives in Butte,
Montana. He enjoys film, Westerns, crime fiction, and
residing in the best city in America, if not the world.
OLD BROKE RANCHER
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GARY SHELTON was born in Lewistown in 1951 and has
been a rancher, a railroader, a biker, a teacher, a
hippie, and a cowboy. Now he's trying his hand at
writing in the earnest hope that he'll make enough
at it to make a down payment on an RV. Hell, scratch
that. Enough to buy the whole RV.
WILD WEST WORDS
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CHRYSTI "THE WORDSMITH" SMITH was born some decades
ago in Poplar, where she misspent her youth rid-
ing horses and motorcycles. Putting those things
behind her as adult, she turned toward studies in
archeology/anthropology at MSU, where she also accidentally
discovered radio broadcasting. She has been producing "Chrysti
the Wordsmith" at MSU's radio facility, KGLT-FM, since 1990.
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