K. J. Stevens
K. J. Stevens | |
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| Born | June 4, 1973 Alpena, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Alma mater | Central Michigan University Hamline University |
| Period | 1996–present |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Subject | Relationships, family, love alcoholism[1] |
| Literary movement | Minimalism |
| Notable works | Pilgrims Bay |
| Spouse | artist, Brooke Stevens |
| Relatives | Kim (father), Rita (mother), Kevin (brother), Keith (brother) |
| Website | |
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K. J. Stevens (born June 4, 1973) is an American novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in The Adirondack Review, Fluid Magazine, Me Three, Circle Magazine, Cellar Door, Prose Ax, Temenos, and BloodLotus.[2] Pilgrims Bay, Stevens first novel, was released in 2007.
Stevens' writing style has been described as minimalist.[3] Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Gertrude Stein, Amanda Davis, Sylvia Plath, Raymond Carver, David Shaw, and Flannery O'Connor have been attributed as his influences.[1][4]
Biography
[edit]Stevens was born in Alpena, Michigan, but grew up in Maple Ridge Township.[2] Stevens attended Central Michigan University up to December 1999, where he published his first work with fellow Michigan writer Travis Mulhauser, titled Corvallis Road.[5] Afterwards, he studied creative writing at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
He currently resides in Alpena, Michigan.
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Pilgrims Bay (2007)
Collections
[edit]- Corvallis Road (with Travis Mulhauser ) (1999)
- A Better Place (2002)
- Infidelity (2004)
- Dead Bunnies (2004)
- CUTTING TEETH (2012)
Poetry
[edit]- Introspection (chapbook) (1999)
Nonfiction
[edit]- Landscaping (2007)
References
[edit]- ^ a b K.J. Stevens, K.J. Stevens. Retrieved May 12, 2008
- ^ a b "KJ.Stevens - Keep on keepin' on". kj.stevens.googlepages.com. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ Schuelke, Garret. "Pilgrims Bay by K.J. Stevens-A". The CrossCut. Retrieved May 10, 2008
- ^ "Just Getting Started", K.J. Stevens' Amazon Blog, January 13, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2008
- ^ Fenton, Angie. "Tenacious writers take future into own hands" Archived 2008-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, Central Michigan Life, 1999-09-15.
External links
[edit]Works
[edit]- 1973 births
- 21st-century American novelists
- American bloggers
- American male novelists
- Central Michigan University alumni
- Living people
- Novelists from Michigan
- Minimalist writers
- People from Alpena, Michigan
- 21st-century American poets
- American male poets
- American male essayists
- American male short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American essayists
- 21st-century American male writers
- American male bloggers