David Joy (author)

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David Joy
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Born (1983-12-11) December 11, 1983 (age 40)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma mater Western Carolina University
Notable worksWhere All Light Tends to Go
Notable awardsEdgar Award Finalist [1]
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Website
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David Joy (born December 11, 1983) is an American novelist [2] and short-story writer.

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Career

David Joy is the author of the Edgar Award–nominated [1] novel Where All Light Tends to Go (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015), [3] as well as the novels The Weight of This World (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017), [4] The Line That Held Us (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018), [5] and When These Mountains Burn (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020). [6] He is also the author of the memoir Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey (Bright Mountain Books, 2011), [7] which was a finalist for the Reed Environmental Writing Award and the Ragan Old North State Award.

Joy is the recipient of an artist fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council. [8] His writing has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, such as Garden & Gun , Time, [9] and The New York Times Magazine .

His novel Where All Light Tends to Go will be made into a film directed by Ben Young and starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright. [10] [11]

Personal life

He lives in the Little Canada community of Jackson County, North Carolina. [12]

List of works

Novels

Nonfiction

Short stories

Essays

  • “Song Of The Woods.” Garden & Gun (June/July 2022): 128-133. [21]
  • "Light In The Dark." Garden & Gun (Oct./Nov. 2021): 116-119. [22]
  • “Boss Hen.” Garden & Gun (Oct./Nov. 2020): 106-109. [23]
  • “Dreaming Of Monster Fish.” Garden & Gun (June/July 2019): 114–121. [24]
  • "Hunting Camp." Time (August 6, 2018). [9]
  • "At The Crossroads. The New York Times Magazine (April 8, 2018): 48–53. [25]
  • "Good Dog: Mutually Reclusive." Garden & Gun (Dec. 2017/Jan. 2018): 87–90. [26]
  • "A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps." Charlotte Magazine (November 2017): 54–59. [27]
  • "Digging In The Trash." The Bitter Southerner . 2 May 2017. [28]
  • “On Darkness." Criminal Element. 13 March 2017. [29]
  • “This Caravan Rolls On." The Quivering Pen. 6 March 2017. [30]
  • “My Privilege, Our Problem." Charlotte Magazine. 22 Sept. 2016. [31]
  • “One Place misUnderstood.” The Huffington Post (reprint). 23 June 2016. [32]
  • “One Place misUnderstood.” Writer’s Bone. 21 June 2016. [33]
  • “The Last Hotdog I Ever Ate.” Charlotte Magazine (October 2015): 37–40. [34]
  • “The Man Who Carried Snakes.” The Good Men Project. 15 August 2015. [35]
  • “The Long Row.” Drafthorse Literary Journal 1.2 (Summer 2012). [36]
  • “Creatures of Fire.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.3 (Summer 2010): 44–47. [37]
  • “Sound of Silence.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.1 (Winter 2010): 42–45. [38]
  • “Native.” Smoky Mountain Living 9.4 (Summer 2009): 54–56. [39]
  • “Breaking in the Cork.” Wilderness House Literary Review 4.1 (Spring 2009): 1–9. [40]
  • “Tired and Feathered.” Bird Watcher's Digest 31.2 (Nov/Dec 2008): 80–82.

Translations

Awards

Interviews

Interviews with the author.

Television appearances

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