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Stephen Dobyns


USA flag (b.1941)

Was born on February 19, 1941 in Orange, New Jersey to Lester L., a minister, and Barbara Johnston Dobyns. Dobyns was raised in New Jersey, Michigan, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He was educated at Shimer College, graduated from Wayne State University, and received an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1967. He worked as a reporter for the Detroit News.

He has taught at various academic institutions, including Sarah Lawrence College, the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, the University of Iowa, Syracuse University, and Boston University.
 


Genres: Cozy Mystery, Horror
 
Series
Charlie Bradshaw
   1. Saratoga Longshot (1976)
   2. Saratoga Swimmer (1981)
   3. Saratoga Headhunter (1985)
   4. Saratoga Snapper (1986)
   5. Saratoga Bestiary (1988)
   6. Saratoga Hexameter (1990)
   7. Saratoga Haunting (1993)
   8. Saratoga Backtalk (1994)
   9. Saratoga Fleshpot (1995)
   10. Saratoga Strongbox (1998)
   11. Saratoga Payback (2017)
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Novels
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Collections
   Concurring Beasts (poems) (1972)
   Griffon (poems) (1976)
   Heat Death (poems) (1980)
   The Balthus Poems (poems) (1982)
   Cemetery Nights (poems) (1987)
   Body Traffic (poems) (1990)
   Velocities (poems) (1994)
   Common Carnage (poems) (1996)
   Black Dog, Red Dog (poems) (1997)
   Pallbearers Envying the One Who Rides (poems) (1999)
   Eating Naked (2000)
   The Porcupine's Kisses (poems) (2002)
   Mystery, So Long (poems) (2005)
   Winter's Journey (poems) (2010)
   The Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech (poems) (2016)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Stephen Dobyns
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The Best American Short Stories 1999 (1999)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Katrina Kenison and Amy Tan
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The Best American Short Stories 1995 (1995)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Jane Smiley
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Borderlands (1993)
Ploughshares Winter 1993-94
edited by
Russell Banks and Chase Twichell

Award nominations
1997 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel (nominee) : The Church of Dead Girls


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