Monté Hill is a native of Western North Carolina where she lived before moving to Denver, Colorado with her partner in 2019. Two years later, they became digital nomads, traversing the Lower Forty-Eight with a side trip to Belgium and France, where they indulged their passion for Belgian ales, chocolate and frites.
When she’s not conjuring her next story, you will find her and her partner exploring craft breweries, hiking red rocks, gravel grinding on their pedal bikes, photographing Saguaros or squeezing through slot canyons in waist deep water. If you look close, you might even glimpse her crossing the finish line of the occasional half-marathon.
Monté now makes her home amongst the Saguaros of Arizona and the Vermilion Cliffs of southern Utah, but the Appalachians will always occupy that singular place of heart.
Important: Because of Monte’s connection to Western NC and her book’s eerie, unintended parallels to Hurricane Helene, 100% of royalties from "Catbird Winter" are being donated to flood relief efforts. Your purchase, whether at the festival, through Amazon, or your local independent bookseller, will help those in dire need. Please visit her website for more details.