About
Rick Gustafson - Writer
Explorer, Writer, Actor, Pilot
Rick Gustafson is a playwright, novelist, and award-winning short story writer.
An explorer at heart, Rick flew helicopters in Croatia, Macedonia, and Alaska, worked for the UN in the Congo (DRC), and spent years as an airline pilot before turning to writing full-time. His home in Texas, affectionately dubbed "Base Camp," serves as the hub for his travels and creative pursuits. Rocky Mountian Fiction Writers selected his novel Discipline as a finalist for the 2023 Rocky Mountain Gold Contest, and his short story "Rent Money: A Me and Mickey Story" won a Zebulon Award from Pike’s Peak Writers in 2020. Rick has also received recognition in the E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Contest, the Writers-Editors Network competition, and two awards from the Denver Women’s Press Club. His short fiction appeared in Nefarious North Anthology. Rick’s play The Weigh Station earned a staged reading at the Questers Theatre Q-Extra in London in July 2024, as well as with Actors and Writers London in November 2024. He is currently developing Several other plays including, Look Left Look Right, Being Ernest and Painting with Water. In addition to his fiction, Rick has written feature articles for several Colorado publications and was a regular contributor to Colorado Community Media. Rick holds a Master’s of Liberal Studies in Global Affairs and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. No Writer's page would be complete without a slideshow of the world's Greatest Dog
ORVIS the WonderMutt 2002 - 2013
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Why yes...
I appeared in the series finale of Yellowstone. 
My Casting File Book me now
If I were only as cool as my shadow.
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