Carrie La Seur

Carrie La Seur is a seventh-generation descendant of Montana homesteaders, an environmental lawyer, and the founder of the nonprofit legal organization Plains Justice. She practices law on behalf of farmers, ranchers, and tribal members, and does a little writing, in Billings, Montana. Her work has appeared in Grist, Harvard Law and Policy Review, The Huffington Post, Mother Jones, and Salon. William Morrow released her debut novel, The Home Place, on July 29, 2014.


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Writing on Public Books

In the Yellowstone Valley, a Beet Farmer with an Artist’s Soul

This is the latest installment of Public Streets, a biweekly urban observations series curated by Ellis Avery. Montana Avenue in Billings is a startlingly urban raft on the vast, grassy sea of rural southern Montana. It has microbreweries, artists, a cowboy hat–fixing genius, solar-powered lofts, and huge summer street events, along with homeless people, addicts, […]