K. J. Stevens
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| K.J. Stevens | |
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| Born | June 4, 1973 Alpena, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1996– |
| Genres | Fiction |
| Subjects | Relationships, family, love alcoholism[1] |
| Literary movement | Minimalism |
| Notable work(s) | Pilgrims Bay |
| Relative(s) | Kim (father), Rita (mother), Kevin (brother), Keith (brother) |
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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. All of his work has been published through Lulu.
Garret Schuelke, staff writer for the Alpena Community College student newspaper, The CrossCut, has described Stevens' writing style as minimalist.[3] Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Gertrude Stein, Amanda Davis, Sylvia Plath, Raymond Carver, David Shaw, Thomas Mann, and Flannery O'Connor have been attributed as his influences.[1][4]
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[edit] Biography
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 Westland, Michigan.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- Pilgrims Bay (2007)
[edit] Collections
- Corvallis Road (with Travis Mulhauser ) (1999)
- A Better Place (2002)
- Infidelity (2004)
- Dead Bunnies (2004)
[edit] Poetry
- Introspection (chapbook) (1999)
[edit] Nonfiction
- Landscaping (2007)
[edit] References
- ^ 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 on 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", Central Michigan Life, 1999-09-15.
