Publications
Published Books:
Rednecks: A Novel
(St. Martin’s Press, 2024)
Wingwalkers: A Novel
(St. Martin’s Press, 2022)
Pride of Eden: A Novel
(St. Martin’s Press, 2020)
Gods of Howl Mountain: A Novel
(St. Martin’s Press, 2018)
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The River of Kings: A Novel
(St. Martin’s Press, 2017)
Purchase The River of Kings
Fallen Land: A Novel
(St. Martin’s Press, 2016)
Buy Fallen Land
In the Season of Blood and Gold
(Press 53, 2014)
Published Short Fiction:
- “Black Swan” The Dead Mule, Summer 2008
- “Home Guard” The Liars’ League, Fall 2008
- “Rider” CutBank, Spring 2009
- “Whorehouse Piano” Pindeldyboz, Summer 2009
- “Kingdom Come” Press 53 Open Award Anthology, Fall 2009
- “Cajun Reeboks” Thuglit, Fall 2009
- “Kingdom Come,” “Rider,” “Whorehouse Piano” Press 53 Spotlight Anthology, Winter 2010
- “River of Fire” storySouth, Fall 2010
- “Covered Bridge” Porchlight, Winter 2011
- “Killafella Creek” Plots with Guns, Jan 2012
- “Bone Valley” The Bacon Review, June 2012
- “Plata o Plomo” CrimeSpree Magazine, Issue 49
- “The Vizsla” The New Guard Review, Volume III
- “The Tattooist’s Daughter” The Coachella Review, Fall 2012
- “Able Dog” The Crime Factory, Issue 12
- “El Monstruo” Spinetingler Magazine, September 2013
- “Black River” The Baltimore Review, Fall 2013
- “An Unkindness” Needle: A Magazine of Noir, Spring 2014
- “In the Season of Blood and Gold” BULL: Men’s Fiction, Youth Issue
- “Riverkeepers” Chautauqua, 2015 Issue
- “Gods of Howl Mountain” (Novel Excerpt) Revolution John, July 2014
- “The World without End” North Carolina Literary Review, 2015
- “The Slant Artist” The Southwest Review, Volume 100 Number 2
- “Covered Bridge” Appalachia Now: Contemporary Fiction, 2015
- “Eagle and Anchor” The Tusculum Review, 2015
- “The Lioness” Sycamore Review, 2016
- “Rhino Girl” The Rumpus, June 2016
- “Gods of Howl Mountain” (Novel Excerpt) The Wrath-Bearing Tree, February 2018
- “Rednecks” The Bitter Southerner, February 2018
Published Essays:
- “How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel” Lit Hub, 2016
- “Creature Comfort” Garden & Gun, 2016
- “Along the Little Amazon” Salt Magazine, 2017
- “River Wild” Garden & Gun, 2018
- “What I Saw When I Rode Out Florence” The New York Times, 2018
- “Diary of a Storm” Garden & Gun, 2018
- “Two for the Road: A Son’s Eulogy for his Father” Garden & Gun, 2019
- Under the Old Gothic Oaks” Wildsam Savannah, 2020
- “A Salute to the Spirits of Old Florida” Garden & Gun, 2021
- “Five Best: Books on Daredevils” Wall Street Journal, 2022
- “Ode to Blackwater” Bitter Southerner, 2022
- “Cruising the Coastal Highway” Garden & Gun, 2023
- “Skidaway Special: Building and Racing a ‘54 Schwinn” The Radavist, 2023
- “Jason Isbell is Walking Tall” The Bitter Southerner, 2023
Literary Awards
- Finalist, 2024 Southern Book Prize: Rednecks
- Georgia Author of the Year for Literary Fiction, 2021
- Finalist, Townsend Prize in Fiction, 2023
- Rash Award in Fiction, 2024 – awarded by Broad River Review for short story “The Trembling Earth”
- Montana Prize in Fiction, 2009 – awarded by CutBank for short story “Rider”
- Finalist, 2019 Southern Book Prize, awarded by SIBA: Gods of Howl Mountain
- Finalist, 2018 Southern Book Prize, awarded by SIBA: The River of Kings
- Finalist, 2017 Southern Book Prize, awarded by SIBA: Fallen Land
- Press 53 Open Awards, 2nd Place Short Fiction – awarded for short story “Kingdom Come”
- Other Distinguished Mystery Stories, “Cajun Reeboks,” Best American Mystery Stories 2010
- Finalist, 2012 Machigonne Fiction Contest, judged by Rick Bass and awarded by The New Guard
- Finalist, 2014 Doris Betts Fiction Prize, sponsored by NC Writers’ Network and awarded by NC Literary Review
- Finalist, 2014 Wabash Prize in Fiction, awarded by Sycamore Review
- Other Distinguished Mystery Stories, “An Unkindness” Best American Mystery Stories 2014
- 2015 Pushcart Nomination: “Riverkeepers”
- 2015 Pushcart Nomination: “World without End”
- Finalist, 2015 Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction Contest, awarded by Cutthroat and judged by Stuart Dybek
- 2nd Place, 2016 Doris Betts Fiction Prize, sponsored by NC Writers’ Network and awarded by NC Literary Review
- Finalist, Tenth Annual Danahy Fiction Prize, awarded by Tampa Review
April 1, 2020 at 8:31 pm
Just finished “Fallen Land” and looking forward to more. Larry McMurtry and Larry Brown (gone too soon), were favorites. Now you are up there with them. Thank you for your talent and your writing. Wish I’d found you sooner. Take care and stay with us a long time.