Education
- Ph.D. University of Denver
- M.A. Oklahoma State University
- B.A. East Central University
Area of Interest
- Fiction Writing
Selected Publications and Presentations
Books of Fiction:
The World Beneath: A Novel. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009
Dog on the Cross: Stories. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004.
Stories in Anthologies and Textbooks:
“Drive,” New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2010. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010. 181-194.
“The Offering,” Where Love Is Found: 24 Tales of Connecion. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006.
161-174.
“Of Falling,” Behind the Short Story: From First to Final Draft. New York: Longman-Pearson, 2006. 81-88.
“The Road to Tarshish,” A Dixis Christmas. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005. 81-101.
“Of Falling,” New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2002. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2002. 81-94.
Selected Story Publications in Literary Magazines:
“Drive,” The Gettysburg Review 22.4 (2009): 509-519
“The Gray,” Esquire. Esquire Magazine/Hearst Corporation, 24 April (2009).
“Look At Me,” McSweeney’s 24 (2007)
“Mate,” McSweeney’s 20 (2006): 232-45
“The Offering,” Glimmer Train 57 (2006): 52-65.
“Visitation, Indiana Review 27.1 (2005): 158.
“Truck,” Black Warrior Review 29.2 (2003): 39-53.
Grants:
2005 Fiction Fellowship from the North Carolina Council on the Arts
Courses Taught:
- ENGL 6070: Writing Fiction
- ENGL 5203/4203: Writing Fiction
- ENGL 3300: American Literature
- ENGL 2128: Introduction to Fiction Writing
Awards:
- Short Story, “Mate,” Originally Published in McSweeney’s, Selected by Stephen King as a “Distinguished Story” in Best American Stories 2007
- Finalist for the 2005 New York Public Library Young Lions Award for Dog on the Cross