W.D. Wetherell
W.D. Wetherell is an American writer born in 1948 in Mineola, New York, who lives in New Hampshire. He has published more than twenty-five books spanning novels, short stories, memoirs, essays, travel, and history. His essays and stories have run in Appalachia, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post, among other outlets. His short story "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant" is widely anthologized and taught.