David Joy (author)

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David Joy
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Born (1983-12-11) December 11, 1983 (age 37)
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materWestern Carolina University
Notable worksWhere All Light Tends to Go
Notable awardsEdgar Award Finalist[1]
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Website
david-joy.com

David Joy (born December 11, 1983) is an American novelist[2] and short-story writer.

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.

He lives in the Little Canada community of Jackson County, North Carolina.[10]

List of works[]

Novels[]

Nonfiction[]

  • Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey (2011)[7]
  • Gather At The River: Twenty-Five Authors On Fishing Eds. David Joy and Eric Rickstad (2019)[13]

Short Stories[]

  • “Stink Bait.” Writer's Bone (March 10, 2016).[14]
  • “Burning Off Into Forever.” Appalachia Now: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia. Eds. Larry Smith and Charles Dodd White. Huron, OH: Bottom Dog Press, 2015. 40–46.[15]
  • “What Cannot Be Carried Alone.” Still: The Journal, Issue 18 (Spring 2015).[16]
  • “The Line That Held Us.” Pisgah Review, 7.1 (Winter 2013): 26–34.
  • “The Stars Shall Withdraw Their Shining.” Flycatcher, No. 3 (Summer/Fall 2013).[17]

Essays[]

  • “Boss Hen.” Garden & Gun (Oct./Nov. 2020): 106-109.[18]
  • “Dreaming Of Monster Fish.” Garden & Gun (June/July 2019): 114–121.[19]
  • "Hunting Camp." Time (August 6, 2018).[9]
  • "At The Crossroads. The New York Times Magazine (April 8, 2018): 48–53.[20]
  • "Good Dog: Mutually Reclusive." Garden & Gun (Dec. 2017/Jan. 2018): 87–90.[21]
  • "A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps." Charlotte Magazine (November 2017): 54–59.[22]
  • "Digging In The Trash." The Bitter Southerner. 2 May 2017.[23]
  • “On Darkness." Criminal Element. 13 March 2017.[24]
  • “This Caravan Rolls On." The Quivering Pen. 6 March 2017.[25]
  • “My Privilege, Our Problem." Charlotte Magazine. 22 Sept. 2016.[26]
  • “One Place misUnderstood.” The Huffington Post (reprint). 23 June 2016.[27]
  • “One Place misUnderstood.” Writer’s Bone. 21 June 2016.[28]
  • “The Last Hotdog I Ever Ate.” Charlotte Magazine (October 2015): 37–40.[29]
  • “The Man Who Carried Snakes.” The Good Men Project. 15 August 2015.[30]
  • “The Long Row.” Drafthorse Literary Journal 1.2 (Summer 2012).[31]
  • “Creatures of Fire.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.3 (Summer 2010): 44–47.[32]
  • “Sound of Silence.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.1 (Winter 2010): 42–45.[33]
  • “Native.” Smoky Mountain Living 9.4 (Summer 2009): 54–56.[34]
  • “Breaking in the Cork.” Wilderness House Literary Review 4.1 (Spring 2009): 1–9.[35]
  • “Tired and Feathered.” Bird Watcher's Digest 31.2 (Nov/Dec 2008): 80–82.

Translations[]

  • Là où les lumières se perdent. France: Sonatine Editions, 2016. (French; first edition)[36]
  • Le Poids du monde. France: Sonatine Editions, 2018. (French; first edition)[37]
  • Wo Alle Lichter Enden. Germany: Polar Verlag, 2019. (German; first edition)[38]
  • Ojo Por Ojo. Spain: RBA Libros, 2020. (Spanish; first edition)[39]
  • Ce Lien Entre Nous. France: Sonatine Editions, 2020. (French; first edition)[40]

Awards[]

  • 2020 Dashiell Hammett Prize Finalist for literary Excellence in Crime Writing (When These Mountains Burn)[41]
  • 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize Finalist (The Line That Held Us)[42]
  • 2019 Southern Book Prize (The Line That Held Us)[43]
  • 2018 WCSA Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing (The Weight Of This World)[44]
  • 2017 Le Prix du Balai de Bronze for Là Où Les Lumières Se Perdent (Where All Light Tends To Go)[45]
  • 2017 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist for Where All Light Tends To Go'[46]
  • 2016 Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel[1]
  • 2016 Macavity Awards Finalist for Best First Novel[47]
  • 2015 SIBA Pat Conroy Book Award Finalist, The Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize[48]
  • 2015 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Finalist[49]
  • 2012 Ragan Old North State Award Finalist[50]
  • 2012 Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist
  • 2011 Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Award Finalist[51]

Interviews[]

Interviews with the author.

  • Los Angeles Review of Books (September 24, 2018)[52]
  • NPR Weekend Edition with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (August 12, 2018)[53]
  • WUNC North Carolina Public Radio's "The State Of Things" with Frank Stasio (August 10, 2018)[54]
  • PANK Magazine (September 19, 2017)[55]
  • NPR Weekend Edition Sunday with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (July 23, 2017)[56]
  • The Huffington Post (March 30, 2017)[57]
  • Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought" (March 13, 2017)[58]
  • WREK 91.1 Atlanta's "North Avenue Lounge" (March 13, 2017)[59]
  • Mystery Tribune (Feb. 17, 2017)[60]
  • Nyctalopes (Sept. 26, 2016)[61]
  • Huffington Post (March 9, 2015)[62]
  • Kirkus Reviews (March 6, 2015)[63]
  • Appalachian Heritage (Feb. 6, 2015)[64]
  • Southern Literary Review (March 3, 2015)[65]
  • Watauga Democrat (Feb. 11, 2015)[66]
  • Writer's Bone (March 3, 2015)[67]
  • Entropy Magazine (March 1, 2015)[68]
  • Largehearted Boy (March 3, 2015)[69]
  • Chapter 16 (April 22, 2015)[70]
  • WUNC North Carolina Public Radio (March 11, 2015)[71]
  • Smoky Mountain News (March 3, 2015)[72]
  • Citizen Times (Feb. 28, 2015)[73]

Television Appearances[]

  • France 5, "La Grande Librairie," (September 23, 2020)[74]
  • University of Delaware's National Agenda Series, "As We Stand Divided" (September 20, 2017)[75]
  • Alabama Public Television, "Book Mark" (March 7, 2017)[76]
  • Arizona PBS, "Books & Co." (May 21, 2015)[77]

References[]

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  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Growing Gills". blairpub.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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  12. ^ "The Line That Held Us". david-joy.com.
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  14. ^ "'Stink Bait'". writersbone.com.
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  23. ^ "Digging in the Trash". THE BITTER SOUTHERNER.
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  70. ^ "On Digging Clay, Selling Meth, and Paternal Domination". chapter16.org.
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