Name Christopher Klim | Role Novelist | |
Occupation novelist, journalist, teacher Influenced by Robert Gover, Charles Dickens, Hunter S. Thompson, William Faulkner Books True Surrealism, Jesus lives in Trenton, The Winners Circle, Everything burns, Write to publish Similar People Robert Gover, Eric Hoffer, Hunter S Thompson, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner | ||
Christopher Klim is an American author.
Literary Life
His work has been compared to Dashiell Hammett by Philadelphia Weekly, Carl Hiaasen by the Times, and John Steinbeck by Robert Gover. Klim said, "[His novel Jesus Lives in Trenton] served as a litmus test, evoking people’s sense of God and religion by the title alone...". Everything Burns is a fictionalized study of pyromania based partly on his experiences as a journalist. His novel The Winners Circle, a satire about the meaning of wealth in America, led The Book Reporter to call him "among the top humor novelists of the day."
In 2005, Klim became the Chairman of the Eric Hoffer Book Award.
From 2007 to 2015, Klim served as the executive editor of Best New Writing which was said to "immediately become a treasured possession” by Walter Cronkite. He was the lead editor in restoring the works of the American writer Eric Hoffer to print as well as editing Robert Gover's later books.