About
The Silver Sage Story
Silver Sage Media started the way most good things do — with a story that needed telling and no obvious place to tell it. Greg Maxfield had spent years collecting stories: from the red-rock canyons of southern Utah, from family histories tucked into shoe boxes, from the quiet communities where the American West is still being written in real time.
The writing came first. Then the research. Then the realization that publishing, genealogy, and technology weren't three separate interests — they were three sides of the same impulse to preserve what matters before it disappears.
What began as a single book project grew into something broader. Silver Sage Books publishes fiction and nonfiction rooted in western landscapes and the people who inhabit them. Operation Granny Files turns genealogy research into accessible, human stories. Conduital applies technology and strategy to help creative businesses do their best work.
The Brands
Silver Sage Books
Silver Sage Books publishes fiction and nonfiction rooted in the landscapes and people of the American West. Every title is built to last, from the writing through the production.
Distribution: Available through IngramSpark and major retailers.
Operation Granny Files
OGF turns genealogy research into something people actually want to read — focusing on the human stories buried in the records, not just names and dates.
Conduital
The technology and strategy arm of Silver Sage Media. AI strategy consulting, technical writing, digital systems design, and workflow automation for creative businesses.
About Greg Maxfield
Greg Maxfield is a writer, publisher, and technologist based in Camas, Washington. His work sits at the intersection of storytelling and systems — he's as comfortable drafting a novel chapter as he is architecting a digital workflow.
Before founding Silver Sage Media, Greg spent years in technology and project management, building the operational instincts that now inform how he runs a publishing business. His writing draws on deep roots in the American West, particularly the landscapes and communities of Utah's canyon country.
Greg's publishing philosophy is simple: take the time to get it right. That means patient editing, honest storytelling, and production quality that respects both the work and the reader. He believes the best books are built slowly and meant to last.
When he's not writing or building systems, Greg is usually researching family history, exploring the Pacific Northwest, or figuring out how to make one more thing work a little better than it did yesterday.
Publishing Philosophy
We believe in books that earn their place on the shelf.
That means we don't rush to publish. Every Silver Sage title goes through careful developmental editing, line editing, and production review before it reaches a reader. We work with professional designers, take typography seriously, and treat the physical (or digital) object as part of the reading experience.
We're a small operation by design. That gives us the freedom to publish what we believe in, on a timeline that serves the work rather than a quarterly earnings call. We'd rather put out one excellent book a year than five mediocre ones.
Our authors — starting with Greg himself — write about places and people they know. The American West is our home turf, but we're interested in any story told with honesty and craft.