Kem Nunn
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| Occupation | Novelist, Screenwriter |
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Kem Nunn is an American fiction novelist, surfer, magazine and television writer from California. His novels have been described as "surf-noir" for their dark themes, political overtones and surf settings.
He is the author of five novels, including his seminal surf novel Tapping the Source.
He has collaborated with HBO Producer David Milch on the show Deadwood and with Milch co-produced the HBO series John from Cincinnati, a surfing series set in Imperial Beach, California which premiered on June 10, 2007.
[edit] Biography
Kem Nunn grew up in Pomona, CA and Northern California. He currently lives in Orange County, CA. He has written the novels, Tapping the Source, Dogs of Winter, Pomona Queen, Unassigned Territory, and Tijuana Straits. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine.
[edit] Bibliography
- Tapping the Source (1984)
- Unassigned Territory (1986)
- Pomona Queen (1992)
- The Dogs of Winter (1997)
- Tijuana Straits (2004)
