Author Event with Colin Clancy

Come hear artist and local author Colin Clancy discuss his debut novel Ski Bum, a coming-of-age story set among the slopes.

Synopsis: A flunking Midwestern college student drops out and moves west to live the ski bum life. In the Colorado mountains he finds a group of like-minded, and sometimes degenerate, friends who show him that a ski town is the ideal place for young people to raise a middle finger to societal norms and do as they please. It’s a spontaneous party life of hot tub poaching, illicit sledding, and living scrappy and poor in a place where rich people vacation. It’s a life he quickly comes to love, but as winter turns to spring, the path forward isn’t clear. A classic coming-of-age story, Colin Clancy’s debut novel is a profoundly charming depiction of skiing, mountain culture, and the beauty of human connection with the natural world.

About the author: Still a Michigander at heart, Colin Clancy lives in the mountains of Utah with his wife Amy, sons Jackson and Max, and dogs Daisy and Matilda. Colin spends his free time outside—skiing, fly fishing, and hunting—and drawing and painting in India ink. He has degrees from Western Michigan University and Northern Michigan University, is the author of Ski Bum (2022), and has published work in The Ski Journal, The Flyfish Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Powder Magazine, Strung Magazine, and elsewhere. He works as a writer—and sometimes photographer—in the outdoor industry.