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Book chatter 64 joelle charbonneau john hornor jacobs ben leroy steve weddle
Steve Weddle is an American author, best known for his novel "Country Hardball," which the New York Times called "downright dazzling." He is the co-founder (with Jay Stringer) of the crime fiction collective Do Some Damage, the co-creator (with John Hornor Jacobs) of the noir magazine Needle, and a regular instructor at LitReactor.
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- Book chatter 64 joelle charbonneau john hornor jacobs ben leroy steve weddle
- Early life
- Career
- Roy Alison stories
- Anthologies
- Personal life
- References
Early life
Weddle received his undergraduate degree from Centenary College of Louisiana, his Master of Arts from Pittsburg State University, and his Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Louisiana State University.
Career
After graduating from Louisiana State University, Weddle taught college and worked as a journalist. Weddle said that he began writing fiction because he was a "terrible student" and cites Raymond Carver and Ernest Hemingway among his influences. Weddle's first novel was completed in 2008 and he signed with the Donald Maass Literary Agency. His short story "Cyborg Lesbian Vampire Assassins" appeared in the anthology "Both Barrels," published by Shotgun Honey. Weddle's stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies and his Roy Alison novel "Country Hardball" was published by Tyrus Books in 2013. Publishers Weekly called the book "gritty."The follow-up story, "South of Bradley," appeared in Playboy magazine in 2015. Weddle has said that he is working on a new novel with the same family, set in 1933.
Roy Alison stories
Anthologies
Weddle's short stories have appeared in the following collections.
Personal life
Weddle lives with his family in Virginia.