Richmond Noir (23 page)
X.C. A
TKINS
was born in Zeist, Netherlands. He holds a BA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University. He recently moved from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the City of Brotherly Love.
M
INA
B
EVERLY
is a Richmond, Virginia native. She holds a BA in English from Spelman College and an MFA in Fiction from Virginia Commonwealth University. She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia and works as an English teacher.
A
NDREW
B
LOSSOM
is the founding editor of the literary journal
Makeout Creek
. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.
L
AURA
B
ROWDER’S
most recent book is
Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America
. She is currently collaborating with photographer Sascha Pflaeging on a book based on their gallery exhibition
When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans
. She teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University.
B
RIAN
C
ASTLEBERRY
has worked as a cook, a dishwasher, a teacher, a carnie, a shoe salesman, a receptionist, and a writer. He lives in Virginia with his wife and their two dogs.
C
LAY
M
CLEOD
C
HAPMAN
is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session
The Pumpkin Pie Show
. He is the author of
rest area
, a collection of short stories, and
miss corpus
, a novel, both published by Hyperion Books. He teaches writing at the Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University.
D
ENNIS
D
ANVERS
has published seven novels, including
New York Times
Notables
Circuit of Heaven
and
The Watch
, and the near-future mystery
The Bright Spot
(writing as Robert Sydney). Recent short fiction of his appears in
Strange Horizons, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Realms of Fantasy, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet
, and
Space and Time
.
T
OM
D
E
H
AVEN
is the author of seventeen books, including
Freaks’ Amour, Sunburn Lake, It’s Superman!
, and the Derby Dugan trilogy of novels (
Funny Papers, Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies
, and
Dugan Under Ground
).
Our Hero
, a book-length essay about the history and cultural impact of Superman, is forthcoming from Yale University Press’s Icons of America series. Since 1990 he has taught in the graduate creative writing program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
D
EAN
K
ING
is the author of nine books, including the national best seller
Skeletons on the Zahara
and, most recently,
Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival
about the women of Mao’s Long March. A former contributing editor to
Men’s Journal
, King has written for
Esquire, Outside
, and the
New York Times
. He is a cofounder of Richmond’s award-winning James River Writers organization and serves on the Library of Virginia Foundation board.
C
LINT
M
CCOWN’S
six books include the novels
The Member-Guest, War Memorials
, and
The Weatherman
. He teaches in the MFA programs at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
