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Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado , the son of a Methodist minister. Before becoming a writer, Haruf worked in a variety of places, including a chicken farm in Colorado , a construction site in Wyoming , a rehabilitation hospital in Denver , a hospital in Phoenix , a presidential library in Iowa , an alternative high school in Wisconsin , and colleges in Nebraska and Illinois.

He also taught English with the Peace Corps in Turkey. He lived with his wife, Cathy, in Salida, Colorado , until his death in He had three daughters from his first marriage with Ginger Koon. All of Haruf's novels take place in the fictional town of Holt, in eastern Colorado. Holt is based on Yuma, Colorado , one of Haruf's residences in the early s.

Where You Once Belonged followed in A number of his short stories have appeared in literary magazines. Plainsong was published in and became a U. Verlyn Klinkenborg called it "a novel so foursquare, so delicate and lovely, that it has the power to exalt the reader.

He was born in and lived on the high plains of northeastern Colorado and was educated at Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Iowa.

Eventide , a sequel to Plainsong , was published in Library Journal described the writing as "honest storytelling that is compelling and rings true. In the summer of Haruf finished his last novel, Our Souls at Night , which was published posthumously in He completed it just before his death. The novel was subsequently adapted in into a film by the same name, directed by Ritesh Batra and starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.