John Clayton: Author, Essayist, Business Writer

Welcome to the website of Montana-based nonfiction writer John Clayton. John is an independent journalist, essayist, and business writer, and on this site you can learn more about his work in each of those areas.

As a journalist and essayist, John writes primarily about the people and places of the rural American West. His new book is The Cowboy Girl, a biography that takes the "old west" of cowboys and homesteaders deep into the 20th century, through the life of Caroline Lockhart, who both lived in and wrote about those worlds. John also gives talks and has written many articles and previous books on similar (and a few not-so-similar) subjects.

As a business writer, John primarily works for software companies and management consulting firms. He writes or ghostwrites white papers, case studies, newsletter articles. . . anything that needs to be communicated through the written word. You can find a list of recent projects (many of them available on the Web) here.

John's blog is something like a notebook, something like a newsletter, and something like a series of microessays. (In other words, it's not one of those blogs where people yell at each other.) It's updated on average once a week or so.

Please use the column on the left to navigate throughout the site. If you have any questions or comments for John, don't hesitate to email info at johnclaytonbooks.com. Thanks for visiting!