Greg Maxfield
Literary fiction rooted in the landscape, history, and moral tensions of the American West.
The Lund Covenant
Literary Fiction · July 2026
A photojournalist returns to the small Utah town he left behind — and finds it tangled in a crisis that forces him to choose between the comfortable silence of home and the cost of seeing clearly.
The Lund Covenant is a novel about complicity, memory, and what it means to bear witness in a place that would rather you didn't.
For readers of: Kent Haruf, Marilynne Robinson, Denis Johnson
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Greg Maxfield writes literary fiction set in the landscapes and communities of the American West. His work explores the intersections of family obligation, cultural memory, and moral reckoning in places where history isn't past — it's the ground you're standing on.
A native of Emery County, Utah, he spent three decades in the energy industry before turning full-time to writing. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he also runs Operation Granny Files and builds productivity tools at Conduital.
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