Bruce Holbert
Bruce Holbert (born October 4, 1959) is an American writer. He is the author of the novels Lonesome Animals (Counterpoint Press), and the Hour of Lead (Counterpoint Press) which won the 2015 Washington State Book Award for Fiction and Whiskey (Farrar Straus & Giroux)[1]
Early life/education[]
Holbert graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School in Coulee Dam in the spring of 1978, then attended Eastern Washington University where he graduated with a degree in English/Education in 1983. He graduated with an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop in 1990
In 1982, Holbert inadvertently shot and killed one of his friends in a gun accident. Charges against Holbert were eventually dropped. Holbert has stated that he remains "numbed by guilt."[2]
References[]
- ^ "Book review". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Holbert, Bruce (27 April 2013). "Opinion | Sleeping with Guns". The New York Times.
External links[]
- Biography at Counterpoint Press
- Interview at The Pacific Northwest Inlander
Categories:
- 21st-century American novelists
- American crime fiction writers
- American male novelists
- 1959 births
- Living people
- American male short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American male writers