Portland Noir (30 page)

C
HRIS
A. B
OLTON
writes the webcomic SMASH (
www.SmashComic.com
), which he cocreated with his artist brother Kyle. He created, wrote, and directed the webseries “Wage Slaves” (
www.myspace.com/wageslaveseries
). He lives in Portland, where he works for an online bookseller of certain renown.

B
ILL
C
AMERON
is the author of
Lost Dog
and
Chasing Smoke
, both Portland-based mysteries. His stories have appeared in
Spinetingler Magazine,
the
Dunes Review,
and in the anthology
Killer Year,
edited by Lee Child.
Lost Dog
was a finalist for the 2008 Rocky Award and the 2008 Spotted Owl Award. Cameron lives in Portland, where he is currently writing his third novel.

D
AN
D
E
W
EESE’S
stories have appeared in various journals, including
Tin House, New England Review, Washington Square
, and
Pindeldyboz
. The recipient of an Oregon Literary Fellowship and twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he serves as coordinator of the Writing Center at Portland State University.

M
ONICA
D
RAKE
is the author of the novel
Clown Girl
. Her short stories and essays have been published in the
Northwest Review, Three Penny Review,
Nerve.com
, and other places. She teaches writing at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and has lived in Oregon since Lewis and Clark made their big trip west, more or less.

A
RIEL
G
ORE
is the author of seven books, including
Atlas of the Human Heart, The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show
, and
How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead
. For more information, visit
arielgore.com
.

J
USTIN
H
OCKING
lives in Portland and is Executive Director of the Independent Publishing Resource Center (
www.iprc.org
). His fiction and articles have appeared in
Open City, Foulweather, Thrasher Magazine, Transworld Snowboarding, Concrete Wave Magazine, Travel Oregon,
and the
Nieve Roja Review.
He coedited the best-selling anthology
Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End
, and is currently at work on a memoir about surfing in New York City.

J
OËLLE
J
ONES
is the Russ Manning Award–nominated artist of
Token
, a young adult graphic novel written by Alisa Kwitney. She has collaborated with author Jamie S. Rich on numerous short stories and two full comics projects—the romantic puzzler
12 Reasons Why I Love Her
and the hardboiled crime tale
You Have Killed Me
—in addition to their story in this volume.

K
AREN
K
ARBO
is the author of
How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great
. Her three novels have all been named
New York Times
Notable Books of the Year;
The Stuff of Life
, her memoir about her father, was a
People
Magazine Critic’s Pick and winner of the Oregon Book Award. Her many essays, reviews, and articles have appeared in
Outside, Elle, Vogue, Esquire, Redbook, More, Self, Sports Illustrated for Women, Entertainment Weekly,
the
New Republic,
the
New York Times,
and
Salon.com
.

M
EGAN
K
RUSE
is a fiction and nonfiction writer based out of Portland. Her work has appeared in
Oyez Review, Bellingham Review, Fiddlehead, Oregon Literary Review, Phoebe, Gertrude,
and the first volume of Vespertine Press. Kruse has been the recipient of residency grants from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in Nebraska and the Ragdale Foundation of Illinois, as well as an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship.

G
IGI
L
ITTLE
is the author/illustrator of two decidedly un-noir children’s picture books,
Wright Vs. Wrong!
and
The Magical Trunk
(both published under the name Gigi Tegge). She spent fifteen years in the circus as a professional clown and a lighting director, and she can spin a mean lasso. Now living in Northwest Portland, she’s a longtime member of Tom Spanbauer’s Dangerous Writing community and is currently working on a novel.