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Stephen Markley

Stephen Markley

American writer

Stephen Markley (born 1983 in Mount Vernon, Ohio[1]) is an American journalist and author, whose work includes memoirs and novels.[2] His first novel Ohio takes place during a single evening.[3] His second novel The Deluge is a dystopian epic about climate change spanning the years 2013 through to the 2030s.[3][4] The New York Times review said of it that the "dystopia is realistic and nuanced, grim but playful, setting Markley’s book apart from the tsunami of recent climate-change literature."[5] The New York Times named The Deluge one of the 100 Notable Books of 2023.[6]

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Personal life

Stephen Markley was born in Ohio and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[2]

Books

Source: WorldCat[7]

Nonfiction

  • Publish This Book (2010)
  • The Great Dysmorphia (2012)
  • Tales of Iceland (2013)

Fiction

  • Ohio (2018)
  • The Deluge (2023)

References

  1. [1]
    "Stephen Markley". Contemporary Authors. Gale. 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Stephen Markley Biography at Simon & Schuster". Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  3. [3]
    McRobert, Neil (January 11, 2023). "Stephen Markley Is Smiling Through the Apocalypse". Esquire. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. [4]
    McRobert, Neil (March 2, 2023). "The Deluge by Stephen Markley review – apocalypse in slow motion". The Guardian. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  5. [5]
    Cain, Hamilton (January 10, 2023). "A New Novel Confronts the Scale and Gravity of Climate Change". New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. [6]
    Staff, The New York Times Books (November 21, 2023). "100 Notable Books of 2023". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Author: Stephen Markley". WorldCat. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
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