Press for Rocky Mountain High

“[Murphy] is a great storyteller who tells other people’s stories with as much gusto as he tells his own…. ‘Rocky Mountain High’ is a cautionary tale told with a good deal of wit and a refreshing lack of self-pity.”—Wendy Smith, BOSTON GLOBE

Apple Books has chosen ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH among its “Most Anticipated Books” for 2023!

People Magazine calls ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH a "Smart, Funny Ride!"

Boston Globe: In ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH, Finn Murphy’s brief stint in the Wild West of the cannabis industry yields no riches except stories

Durango Herald: Colorado Farmers Say Hemp Not the Cash Crop They Had Hoped

KGNU Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub

The Bookworm of Edwards Welcomes Author Finn Murphy

The Colorado Sun Interview (Kevin Simpson, 6/18/2023): Finn Murphy watched a hemp boom go bust, then told his own story

NPR Think with Krys Boyd, KERA: How a plan for hemp went up in smoke

Maeve Conran/KSJD Interview with Finn Murphy: Rocky Mountain High — the boom and bust of Colorado’s hemp industry

The Colorado Sun: Excerpt from Rocky Mountain High

KGNU Article and Interview: Boulder Farmer Writes About Massive Losses In Colorado’s Recent Hemp Boom And Bust

Kirkus Reviews, Rocky Mountain High, May 2023

Goodreads Most Anticipated Summer Reads

Lit Hub: 25 Nonfiction Books You Need to Read This Summer

Lit Hub: How Colorado Became Ground Zero for Hemp Production (excerpt)

Let’s Talk Hemp: ‘Rocky Mountain High’ Chronicles a Year in the Early Hemp Craze

13 Summer Reads Chosen by the Expert Readers at Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store

Boulder Daily Camera Author Spotlight

Westword’s cannabis reporter, Thomas Mitchell, interviews Finn Murphy

Westword: Colorado Author Documented His “Tragicomedy” in Hemp Farming, So You Don’t Have to

Finn Murphy is interviewed by Jorge Hermida on Cannabis Radio

Cannabis Radio Interview

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Available June 13, 2023

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