K. J. Stevens

Infobox Writer
name = K.J. Stevens


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birthdate = birthdate and age|1973|6|4|mf=y
birthplace = Alpena, Michigan, United States
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occupation = Novelist, short story writer
nationality = American
period = 1996–
genre = Fiction
subject = Relationships, family, love alcoholism [http://www.kjstevens.20m.com/Biography.htm "K.J. Stevens"] , K.J. Stevens. Retrieved May 12, 2008]
movement =Minimalism
notableworks = "Pilgrims Bay"
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relatives = Kim (father), Rita (mother), Kevin (brother), Keith (brother)
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influences = Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Gertrude Stein, Amanda Davis, Sylvia Plath, Raymond Carver, David Shaw, Thomas Mann, Flannery O'Connor
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website = http://kj.stevens.googlepages.com/home

K.J. Stevens (born June 4, 1973) is an American novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in "The Adirondack Review", "Fluid Magazine", "Me Three", "Circle Magazine", "Cellar Door", "Prose Ax", "Temenos", and "BloodLotus". "Pilgrims Bay", Stevens first novel, was released in 2007. Garret Schuelke, staff writer for the Alpena Community College student newspaper, "The CrossCut", has described Stevens' writing style as minimalist. [Schuelke, Garret. " [http://kj.stevens.googlepages.com/pilgrim%27sbay "Pilgrims Bay" by K.J. Stevens-"A"] ". "The CrossCut". Retrieved May 10, 2008] Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Gertrude Stein, Amanda Davis, Sylvia Plath, Raymond Carver, David Shaw, Thomas Mann, and Flannery O'Connor have been attributed as his influences. [ [http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A1DGK3X1EKWZD4?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cursor=1204721212.258&cursorType=before "Just Getting Started"] , "K.J. Stevens' Amazon Blog", January 13, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2008]

Biography

Stevens was born in Alpena, Michigan, but grew up in Maple Ridge Township.cite web
url=http://kj.stevens.googlepages.com/home
title=KJ.Stevens - Keep on keepin' on
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first=] Stevens attended Central Michigan University up to December 1999, where he published his first work with fellow Michigan writer Travis Mulhauser, titled "Corvallis Road". [Fenton, Angie. [http://media.www.cm-life.com/media/storage/paper906/news/1999/09/15/EtCetera/Tenacious.Writers.Take.Future.Into.Own.Hands-2480582.shtml "Tenacious writers take future into own hands"] , "Central Michigan Life", 1999-09-15.] Afterwards, he studied creative writing at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

He currently resides in Garden City, Michigan.

Bibliography

Novels

*"Pilgrims Bay" (2007)

Collections

*"Corvallis Road" (with Travis Mulhauser ) (1999)
*"A Better Place" (2002)
*"Infidelity" (2004)
*"Dead Bunnies" (2004)

Poetry

*"Introspection" (chapbook) (1999)

Nonfiction

*"Landscaping" (2007)

References

External links

* [http://kj.stevens.googlepages.com/home Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kjstevens Official Myspace Page]
* [http://www.kjstevens.20m.com/ Previous official website]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1DGK3X1EKWZD4/ref=cm_blog_pdp Profile and blog at Amazon.com]

Works

* [http://adirondackreview.homestead.com/stevens.html Full text of "Seven Corners" by K.J. Stevens]
* [http://www.dcoyote.com/kjstevens2.shtml Full text of "In Debt" by K.J. Stevens]
* [http://www.dcoyote.com/kjstevens.shtml Full text of "The Throw Away" by K.J. Stevens]
* [http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/creative_writing/temenosstevens2007.htm Full text of "Dead Bunnies" by K.J. Stevens]
* [http://www.thewritegallery.com/writing/poems_k_stevens.html Poems by K.J. Stevens]