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David Ollier Weber

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David Ollier Weber
Born (1938-02-28) February 28, 1938 (age 86)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
LanguageEnglish, French, Spanish, Norwegian
Genreliterary fiction, non-fiction, journalism, short story
Notable worksVanity; Oakland, Hub of the West
SpouseChristine Leigh-Taylor
ChildrenNicholas Weber, Alexa Weber Morales, Peter Weber, Erec-Michael Weber
RelativesJohn C. Weber

David Ollier Weber (born February 28, 1938) is an American novelist and journalist based in Northern California.

Biography

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David Weber has written works of fiction including short stories and novels. He has been a Navy officer, a seaman on a Norwegian freighter, and small-craft sailor.[citation needed] His experiences were used in some of his short stories such as "California Standard".[1] Weber later worked as newspaper reporter. He was an editor for the Port of Oakland.[citation needed]

Weber was a free-lance reporter for forty years.[citation needed] He covered Northern California-specific topics of wildfire management.[2] In 2002, Weber founded Kila Springs as both a publishing imprint, and to provide editorial services ranging from reporting and writing to photography and production.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Weber was born and spent his early life in Cincinnati. He moved to Berkeley, California in 1964 after serving four years in naval service.[citation needed] Weber now lives with his wife in Placerville, near Sutter's Mill.[citation needed] Prior to Placerville, Weber was known as “an erudite resident of Comptche”,[3] a town outside of Mendocino, California. His daughter, Alexa Weber Morales, is a Grammy-award-winning salsa/jazz singer-songwriter and freelance writer. His son Erec-Michael Ollier Weber is the author of the children’s book Bryce and the Blood Ninjas.[citation needed]

Novels

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  • Vanity, Mendocino: Kila Springs Press, 2002 ISBN 0971648107
  • Baja, Mendocino: Kila Springs Press, 2006 ISBN 0971648123
  • Catch/Release, Placerville: Kila Springs Press, 2010 ISBN 0971648158
  • My Life in Sports (five novellas), Placerville: Kila Springs Press, 2012 ISBN 097164814X

Short stories

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  • Family Fun (collection), Mendocino: Kila Springs Press, 2006 ISBN 0971648131
  • Included in Family Fun, “California Standard” was initially published in The Antioch Review (Winter 1977)[4]
  • Bad Trips (collection), Placerville: Kila Springs Press, 2012 ISBN 0971648182
  • Included in Bad Trips, “American Pastime” was initially published in Evergreen Review, November 1970, with illustration by Philip Hays

Non-fiction

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Awards

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  • Gold Quill Award, 1978[5][citation needed]
  • NIHCM 8th Annual Health Care Print Journalism Award, $10,000 prize[6]

References

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  1. ^ The Antioch Review, Winter 1977
  2. ^ "Legal pyro". 18 January 2010.
  3. ^ Recommended Reading, Anderson Valley Advertiser, May 8, 2002
  4. ^ The Antioch Review (Winter 1977)
  5. ^ "Winners". iabc.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. ^ "NIHCM - Previous Winners". nihcm.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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