The Priest

Bill Schubart has lived with his family in Vermont since 1947. Educated locally and at Exeter, Kenyon, and the University of Vermont, he is fluent in French language and culture, which he taught before entering communications as an entrepreneur. He co-founded Philo Records and is the author of the highly successful Lamoille Stories (2008), a collection of Vermont tales. His bibliography includes three short story collections and five novels. His latest novel Lila & Theron is distributed by Simon and Schuster recently won a Benjamin Franklin Silver Award at the Independent Book Publishers for popular fiction. He has served on many boards and currently chairs the Vermont College of Fine Arts, known for its writing programs. He speaks extensively on the arts, media and non-profit governance and writes about Vermont in fiction, humor, and opinion pieces. He is also a regular commentator and blogger on public radio. The great nephew of the renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz, he lives in Vermont with his wife Kate, also a writer.