Joe Meno

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Joe Meno (born 1974) is a novelist, writer of short fiction, and music journalist based in Chicago. After attending Columbia College Chicago, Meno spent time working as a flower delivery truck driver and art therapy teacher at a juvenile detention center. His first novel Tender as Hellfire was published when he was only 24 and received strong reviews from sources like Library Journal. His short fiction has appeared in literary magazines like Tri-Quarterly, Ninth Letter, and Other Voices. Meno's work is known for the use of natural language and realistic dialogue, as well as frequent forays into absurdity. He currently teaches fiction writing at Columbia College Chicago. He is a frequent contributor to Punk Planet magazine.


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[edit] Selected Bibliography

Tender as Hellfire. St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1999.

How the Hula Girl Sings: A Novel. ReganBooks (New York, NY), 2001.

Hairstyles of the Damned. Akashic Books (Chicago, Il), 2004.

Bluebirds Used to Croon the Choir: Stories. Northwestern University Press (Chicago, Il), 2005.

The Boy Detective Fails. Akashic Books (Chicago, Il), 2006.

[edit] Awards

Nelson Algren Award, 2003 a prize for short fiction given by the Chicago Tribune.

Hairstyles of the Damned was selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program for its November 2004-January 2005 season.

Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir was selected as the winner of the Society of Midland Author's Award for Fiction 2005.

[edit] Sources

Gale Online Literature Resource Center. Updated June, 2003.

[edit] External Links

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