"A Season on the Allegheny" Author Featured in Interview at Smashwords.com

PITTSBURGH - Dec. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Western Pennsylvanian Robert T. Hilliard, author of the popular outdoors book A Season on the Allegheny, was recently featured in an in-depth question and answer interview on the popular ebook site Smashwords.com. Featuring ten questions ranging from “Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?” to “What is your writing process?,” the interview offers insight into how Mr. Hilliard became an indie author, his approach to writing, and the activities he enjoys away from his desk. The full content of the interview is available at http://www.smashwords.com/interview/RobertHilliard


Since first being published in 2012, A Season on the Allegheny has garnered five-star reviews at Smashwords, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble, and been a Top 10 seller in both the Hunting and Conservation categories on Amazon. The book, which examines the history, culture, and conservation efforts on the Allegheny National Forest, is also available in both ebook and paperback editions.

A Season on the Allegheny is the raucous tale of one full season spent hunting on Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest. While hunting is the centerpiece of the book, it serves also as the vehicle to delve into much deeper matters that affect the Allegheny and, to an extent, all National Forests.  Some of the issues explored in Season include anti-logging efforts and their effect on forest ecology, the powerful impact of hunter-based conservation groups on wildlife habitat, and the history of Native Americans who once inhabited the area.

About Smashwords

Founded in 2008, Smashwords is the leading distributor of self-published ebooks. More than 60,000 authors, small presses and literary agents around the world publish over 200,000 ebooks through Smashwords. Smashwords makes ebook publishing fast, free and easy. Smashwords distributes to major online retailers such as the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, Baker & Taylor Blio, Page Foundry and the Diesel eBook Store. Smashwords is based in Los Gatos, California, and can be reached on the web at http://www.smashwords.com.

About Robert Hilliard

Robert Hilliard is a professional environmental scientist who has written about sports, history, and the outdoors for nearly two decades. Rob has written numerous feature articles for magazines such as Upland Almanac, Pennsylvania Wildlife, Pittsburgh History Magazine, and ESPNOutdoors.com. In 2000, he was selected as a contributing author for the book Rivers of Destiny, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Beaver County, PA.