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Eric D. Goodman

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Author

Children
  
2

Spouse(s)
  
Nataliya (m. 1994)

Born
  
April 25, 1971 (age 45) (
1971-04-25
)
San Jose, California, U.S.

An interview with eric d goodman author of tracks a novel in stories


Eric D. Goodman (born April 25, 1971) is an American writer of literary fiction, commercial fiction, children's literature, travel writing, and non-fiction. He has been writing since a grade-school story assignment turned him on to the craft more than a quarter century ago.

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Digital review an interview with eric d goodman


Early life and personal life

Goodman was born in San Jose, California and moved frequently, generally every few years, living in such places as California, Virginia, Ohio, Japan, Rhode Island, and Russia. He currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and children.

Career

Goodman is the author of Tracks: A Novel in Stories (Atticus Books, June 2011). Tracks: A Novel in Stories is set on a train traveling from Baltimore to Chicago. The book received 2012 Gold Medal for Best Fiction in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Womb: a novel in utero (Merge Publishing, Spring 2017) was Goodman's next novel.

Flightless Goose (The Writers Lair Books, 2008),” is a storybook for children written by Goodman and illustrated by his wife, Nataliya A. Goodman.

Goodman founded the popular Lit and Art Reading Series in 2007 with Watermark Gallery owner Manzar and Baltimore author Nitin Jagdish; he has curated and co-hosted the reading series since then.

Reviews

Authors have reviewed Goodman's work.

  • National Book Award nominee Madison Smartt Bell (All Souls Rising) described Eric's fiction as "cunningly crafted" and Thomas Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck and a successful author in his own right, called Eric "an exciting talent," and said "Short stories are often an under-appreciated art form. Goodman takes the craft to the level of art."
  • Mary Beth Keane (The Walking People) said "Goodman manages to capture the complicated push and pull of family and friends, of history, of life—how it bears down on each of us, pulling us apart while simultaneously pushing us together. His characters are, in turn, compassionate, indifferent, bitter, sympathetic, wistful, and most of all, real. I recognized parts of myself in each one of them, and I imagine this is exactly what Goodman intended."

    • References

    Eric D. Goodman Wikipedia
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