Dow Mossman
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Dow Mossman, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an American writer.
He studied at Coe College for two years, finished college at the University of Iowa and received his MA from the Writers' Workshop in 1969. His novel, The Stones of Summer, was published by Bobbs-Merrill and Popular Library in 1972.
following the publication of The Stones of Summer, Dow was mentally exhausted and spent several months in an Iowa sanitorium. He was married, though his wife has subsequently divorced him. He and his children are not currently speaking. He lives in the same house he was born in, which is filled with books. He writes on the porch, and is currently writing a book of short stories and poems. Dow lists the memoirs of Casanova as his favorite literary work. As a child, Dow read the bible, and the complete novels of Arthur Conan Doyle. Prior to the film Stone Reader, Dow had been employed as a paper bundler by the local newspaper. he subsequently quit to look after his aging mother, who later passed away. He is now semi-retired.
He occasionally visits the local race track.
Recently, Mr. Mossman was the subject of a film by Mark Moskowitz, Stone Reader (http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=Stone%20Reader%20%28Movie%29%20%20&reviewer=Elvis%20Mitchell&v_id=261170).
Mossman is an avid Chicago Cubs fan and rides a motorcycle.