Stuart Rosebrook, Ph.D is a son of the American West. He grew up in North Hollywood, California, but spent most of the summers of his youth at the Orme’s Quarter Circle V-Bar Ranch Camp in northern Arizona. Those years on the wide open vistas of Orme’s 26,000 acre spread formed Stuart Rosebrook’s writing style, and interest in Western history and culture.
He resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, Julie, and two children Jeb, and Kristina. His son Jeb is in studying for his Master's in Roman archaeology at the University of Pavia, Italy. His daughter Kristina is a double-major Humanities for Teaching/English Honors graduate of Seattle University. Julie is a Ph.D. psychologist with the V.A. in Prescott, Arizona He has a B.A. in history from Wake Forest University and a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. and Public history from Arizona State University.
Rosebrook is an acclaimed editor, writer and historian of the American West. He is currently the editor of True West magazine, a position he has held since December 2018. He has been with True West since 2013. A popular public speaker and podcast commentator, he serves on the boards of Sharlot Hall Museum, Western Heritage Center, CCHA, Homestead Foundation, Los Vaqueros de Farmacia
and the Arizona History Convention. He is also a volunteer for Prescott Frontier Days/World's Oldest Rodeo.
He is a featured contributor to the Cowboy Up Podcast. He has also been a featured writer for Roundup Magazine, Arizona Highways, Ranch and Reata, American Cowboy and Camera & Darkroom. He was also a commentator for the John Wayne 100th Birthday DVD Edition of
True Grit.
Most recently he assisted his late father Jeb Rosebrook publish his memoir, Junior Bonner: The Making of a Classic with Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen in the Summer of 1971.
In addition, he is also the author of At Work in Arizona: The First 100 Years, for Alliance Bank of Arizona, a collaborative effort with Curator Marilyn Szabo, and Alliance Bank’s CEO Jim Lundy. Previously he served as an assistant editor of Arizona Highways, editor of the William & Mary Alumni Magazine (a quarterly publication he helped create) and
The Orme School Bulletin.
Most recently he assisted his late father Jeb Rosebrook publish his memoir, Junior Bonner: The Making of a Classic with Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen in the Summer of 1971.
In addition, he is also the author of At Work in Arizona: The First 100 Years, for Alliance Bank of Arizona, a collaborative effort with Curator Marilyn Szabo, and Alliance Bank’s CEO Jim Lundy. Previously he served as an assistant editor of Arizona Highways, editor of the William & Mary Alumni Magazine (a quarterly publication he helped create) and
The Orme School Bulletin.
For more information on hiring Stuart Rosebrook as a public speaker, radio/podcast guest, writing, editing, book or television production, or historical research please send your query using the form to the left. For public speaking please contact his Literary Agent: Krista Rolfzen Soukup, Blue Cottage Agency, 218-828-4717.