Portland Noir (31 page)

L
UCIANA
L
OPEZ
is the pop music critic at the
Oregonian
in Portland. She has lived in Japan and Brazil, and speaks mediocre Japanese and decent Portuguese. Her writing has appeared in several journals and anthologies.

J
AMIE
S. R
ICH
, in addition to his graphic collaborations with Joëlle Jones, is the author of several novels, including
The Everlasting
and
Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?
(featuring a cover by Jones). His other comics work includes the series
Love the Way You Love
and
Lying Down
. Rich posts his words online at
confessions123.com
.

K
EVIN
S
AMPSELL
is a small press publisher and bookstore employee living in Portland. His writing has appeared widely in newspapers, websites, and literary journals. He is the editor of
The Insomniac Reader
and the author of
Beautiful Blemish
,
Creamy Bullets,
and the forthcoming memoir,
The Suitcase
.

J
ONATHAN
S
ELWOOD
is the author of the dark comedy
The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse.
Like all native Oregonians, Sel-wood was born in California. He enjoys talking very loudly when intoxicated, composting kitchen scraps, excessively rolling his Rs when ordering burrrrrritos … using ellipses …

F
LOYD
S
KLOOT
has published fifteen books, most recently the memoir
The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer’s Life
, the poetry collection
The Snow’s Music,
and the novel
Patient 002
. His awards include three Pushcart Prizes and a PEN USA Literary Award; his work has appeared in
The Best American Essays, The Best American Science Writing, The Best Food Writing,
and
The Best Spiritual Writing.

Z
OE
T
ROPE
, Portland’s own pseudonymous, fat, queer redhead, was born in 1986. Her high school memoir of suburban love and loathing,
Please Don’t Kill the Freshman
, was published when she was seventeen years old. Since then, her writing has appeared in many newspapers, magazines, and anthologies, including
Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday
and
Northwest Edge III: The End of Reality.
She lives, works, drinks, bakes, bikes, and writes in Portland.

J
ESS
W
ALTER
is the author of five books, including
The Zero
, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award in fiction and
Citizen Vince
, winner of the 2005 Edgar Award for best novel. He has been a finalist for the
Los Angeles Times
Book Prize, the ITW Thriller Award, and the PEN USA Literary Award in both fiction and nonfiction. His books have been
New York Times, Washington Post,
and NPR “Best Books of the Year” and have been published in eighteen languages.

K
IMBERLY
W
ARNER
-C
OHEN
is a Portland transplant and the author of
Sex, Blood and Rock ’n’ Roll
. She is currently working on her next novel.

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