John C. Fisher

After farming for more than thirty years in southeast Missouri, John C. Fisher began freelance writing in 1995. He has written articles on growing vegetables and small farm agriculture for a variety of magazines including Kitchen Garden and Old Farmer's Almanac. Other writing interests include Missouri travel, restaurant reviews, and food history. For several years he wrote a column for Missouri Life magazine. In 2003 the University of Missouri Press published Fisher's first book, Catfish, Fiddles, Mules, and More: Missouri's State Symbols. Another book, Pot Roast, Politics, and Ants in the Pantry: Missouri's Cookbook Heritage, followed in 2008, also with the University of Missouri Press. Fisher co-authored this book with his wife and writing partner, Carol Fisher. In 2011 McFarland published a third book, Food in the American Military: A History, also co-authored with Carol. This volume won first place in the Missouri Writer's Guild Walter Williams Major Work award competition. Fisher's fourth book, Southeast Missouri from Swampland to Farmland: The Transformation of the Lowlands, will be released by McFarland in the spring of 2017. Fisher is a member of Hearland Writers Guild and the Missouri Writer's Guild. He is also a member of the State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Folklore Society, and the Central Mississippi Valley Archaeological Society. Fisher serves as a member of the Missouri Board on Geographic Names. More about John C. Fisher at: www.johncfisher.com www.facebook.com/johncfisher.author