Terry Montague

When I was about three, my mom said, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I think she was expecting me to say, “A mommy, like you.” Instead, I popped off with, “I want to be a writer.” I can still remember her face. She said, “Well, don’t you think you need to learn to read first?” I didn’t think so. Terry Bohle Montague is a BYU graduate and free-lance writer who has written for television, radio, newspaper, and magazines including Meridian Magazine and the Ensign. She has also been published as the author of book length historical non-fiction and fiction. Her non-fiction work includes the book, Mine Angels Round About, the story of the LDS West German Mission evacuation of 1939 which occurred only days before the Nazi invasion of Poland. Her LDS fiction, Fireweed, is loosely based on her interviews with the evacuated West German missionaries and their families. Terry studied with Dwight Swain and Jack Bickham at the University of Oklahoma, and later David Farland. Her writing awards include those from LDS Storymakers, Idaho Writers’ League, and Romance Writers of America. She and her husband live in a small town along the Snake River where she grew up.