P.M. Castle draws on more than 40 years of experience as a newspaper reporter and editor in western Colorad
o. He worked 25 years as editor of the Business Times, a journal published in Grand Junction. His freelance work has appeared in diverse publications, among them the Washington Post.
He’s received awards from the Colorado Press Association for news coverage and photography and was named the U.S. Small Business Administration journalist of the year for Colorado and SBA District VIII. Colorado Mesa University and the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce also presented him awards in recognition of his work.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Colorado State University, where he served as news editor of the student-run Rocky Mountain Collegian.
He’s a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the Authors Guild. He’s a four-time finalist in the Colorado Gold Rush Literary Awards competition hosted by RMFW and won the 2020 award for mysteries and thrillers. His short story titled “The Great Oil Boom” appears in the 2025 Western Colorado Voice anthology published by the Western Colorado Writers’ Forum.
P.M. Castle lives in Grand Junction and hikes the mountains and canyons of western Colorado and eastern Utah. He holds certification as a master scuba diver and has explored reefs and wrecks around the world.