Former millworker now penning a host of books

The Monster Masher started as a family story, told on car rides, around campfires and at bedtime. Its creator, Glenn Osborne, kept the tales on yellow legal pads as his kids grew older and his grandkids were born, collecting over the course of 30 years. Now, “The Monster Masher” series is expecting its third book in February. 

Osborne has been in Montana since 1975. He started work at a power plant in Colstrip at 19 years old, then went on to Seeley Lake where he was the caretaker at Double Arrow Lodge. From there, he moved on to work for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, and was part of a large layoff in 2000. Osborne found work at Plum Creek Timber as a millwright, and retired in 2016. 

“I decided when I retired, I wasn’t going to sit around and do nothing. I always wanted to stay busy,” Osborne said. Among many other ventures, including knife building and overlanding, that meant finally turning the Monster Masher into a book.