Don George Berry was an American author and artist who earned acclaim for his literary depictions of the Pacific Northwest. Active in the mid-20th century, Berry has been recognized as one of Oregon's finest fiction writers of the post-World War II generation. His creative output spanned both visual art and literature, though he remains most widely celebrated for his historical fiction.\n\nBerry is best known for his trilogy of historical novels focusing on the lives of early settlers in the Oregon Country. His second novel in this sequence, Moontrap, published in 1962, achieved significant critical recognition and was nominated for the National Book Award in 1963. Often characterized as a "Forgotten Beat," Berry's writing occupies a unique space that connects regional historical narratives with the broader mid-century American literary counterculture.
