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Ron Koertge

(b.1940)

Ron Koertge, born in Olney, Illinois, is the author of Geography of the Forehead, Making Love to Roget's Wife: Poems New and Selected, and several books for children and young adults, including Confess-O-Rama and The Heart of the City. He recently retired from Pasadena City College after 37 years of teaching.

Genres: Children's Fiction

New and upcoming books

September 2025

Pandora's Kitchen

May 2026

Styx and Stones

Series

Stoner & Spaz
1. Stoner & Spaz (2002)
2. Now Playing (2011)

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
1. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup (2006)
2. Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs (2010)

Backyard Witch (with Christine Heppermann)
   1. Sadie's Story (2015)
   2. Jess's Story (2016)
   3. Maya's Story (2017)

Novels

   Where the Kissing Never Stops (1987)
   The Arizona Kid (1988)
   The Boy in the Moon (1990)
   Mariposa Blues (1991)
   Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright (1994)
   Confess-O-Rama (1996)
   Heart Of The City (1998)
   Margaux with an X (2004)
   Boy Girl Boy (2005)
   Strays (2007)
   Deadville (2008)
   A Day at the Beach (2025) (with Gary D Schmidt)
   Styx and Stones (2026) (with Gary D Schmidt)

Collections

   Making Love to Roget's Wife (poems) (1997)
   The Brimstone Journals (poems) (2001)
   Geography of the Forehead (poems) (2002)
   Fever (poems) (2006)
   Indigo (poems) (2009)
   The Ogre's Wife (poems) (2013)
   Sex World (2014)
   Vampire Planet (poems) (2016)
   Olympusville (poems) (2018)
   Yellow Moving Van (poems) (2018)
   I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson's Boyfriend (poems) (2022)
   Pandora's Kitchen (poems) (2025)

Novellas and Short Stories

Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses (2012)
Coaltown Jesus (2013)

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Books containing stories by Ron Koertge

Taking Aim (2015)
Power and Pain, Teens and Guns
edited by
Michael Cart

How Beautiful the Ordinary (2009)
Twelve Stories of Identity
edited by
Michael Cart

Twice Told (2006)
Original Stories Inspired By Original Artwork

More books

Ron Koertge recommends

The Foal in the Wire (2025)
Robbie Coburn
"Reading The Foal in the Wire, I knew I was in the hands of a trustworthy storyteller whose lyricism and brave honesty seized me from the first page and lasted until the very last words of the final chapter."

Purple Daze (2011)
Sherry Shahan
"Sherry Shahan took me right back to the 60's with this deftly-written, politically charged novel-in-verse. Be warned -- Purple Daze will put a spell on you, too!"

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