David Joy (author)
David Joy (born December 11, 1983) is an American novelist[2] and short-story writer.
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Born | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | December 11, 1983
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Education | Bachelor of Arts |
Alma mater | Western Carolina University |
Notable works | Where All Light Tends to Go |
Notable awards | Edgar Award Finalist[1] |
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Website | |
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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
- Where All Light Tends to Go (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015)[3]
- The Weight of This World (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017)[11]
- The Line That Held Us (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018)[12]
- When These Mountains Burn (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020)[6]
Nonfiction
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
- 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize Finalist (The Line That Held Us)[41]
- 2019 Southern Book Prize (The Line That Held Us)[42]
- 2018 WCSA Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing (The Weight Of This World)[43]
- 2017 Le Prix du Balai de Bronze for Là Où Les Lumières Se Perdent (Where All Light Tends To Go)[44]
- 2017 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist for Where All Light Tends To Go'[45]
- 2016 Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel[1]
- 2016 Macavity Awards Finalist for Best First Novel[46]
- 2015 SIBA Pat Conroy Book Award Finalist, The Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize[47]
- 2015 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Finalist[48]
- 2012 Ragan Old North State Award Finalist[49]
- 2012 Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist
- 2011 Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Award Finalist[50]
Interviews
Interviews with the author.
- Los Angeles Review of Books (September 24, 2018)[51]
- NPR Weekend Edition with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (August 12, 2018)[52]
- WUNC North Carolina Public Radio's "The State Of Things" with Frank Stasio (August 10, 2018)[53]
- PANK Magazine (September 19, 2017)[54]
- NPR Weekend Edition Sunday with Lulu Garcia-Navarro (July 23, 2017)[55]
- The Huffington Post (March 30, 2017)[56]
- Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought" (March 13, 2017)[57]
- WREK 91.1 Atlanta's "North Avenue Lounge" (March 13, 2017)[58]
- Mystery Tribune (Feb. 17, 2017)[59]
- Nyctalopes (Sept. 26, 2016)[60]
- Huffington Post (March 9, 2015)[61]
- Kirkus Reviews (March 6, 2015)[62]
- Appalachian Heritage (Feb. 6, 2015)[63]
- Southern Literary Review (March 3, 2015)[64]
- Watauga Democrat (Feb. 11, 2015)[65]
- Writer's Bone (March 3, 2015)[66]
- Entropy Magazine (March 1, 2015)[67]
- Largehearted Boy (March 3, 2015)[68]
- Chapter 16 (April 22, 2015)[69]
- WUNC North Carolina Public Radio (March 11, 2015)[70]
- Smoky Mountain News (March 3, 2015)[71]
- Citizen Times (Feb. 28, 2015)[72]
Television Appearances
References
- Cogdill, Oline H. "2016 Edgar Award Winners". mysteryscenemag.com.
- "David Joy - Penguin Random House". penguinrandomhouse.com.
- "Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy - PenguinRandomHouse.com". penguinrandomhouse.com.
- "The Weight of This World by David Joy - PenguinRandomHouse.com". penguinrandomhouse.com.
- http://david-joy.com/books
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576766/when-these-mountains-burn-by-david-joy/
- "Growing Gills". blairpub.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- LLC, Zencos Consulting. "Welcome to the Arts in North Carolina!". ncarts.org.
- http://time.com/5349472/david-joy-hunting-camp/
- https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoyAuthor/
- "The Weight of This World by David Joy - PenguinRandomHouse.com". penguinrandomhouse.com.
- "The Line That Held Us". david-joy.com.
- https://hubcity.org/press/catalog/nonfiction/gather-at-the-river/
- "'Stink Bait'". writersbone.com.
- Offutt, Chris; Holbrook, Chris; Manilla, Marie; Willis, Mary Sue; Arnoult, Darnell; Powell, Mark; Barnes, Rusty; Sipple, Savannah; Mesha, Marena; Sealy, Jon; Townsend, Jacinda; Brown, Taylor; Mullins, Celia; Joy, David; Brock, Matt (7 June 2015). White, Charles Dodd; Smith, Larry (eds.). "Appalachia Now: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia". Bottom Dog Press – via Amazon.
- http://www.stilljournal.net/david-joy-fiction.php
- "Flycatcher". flycatcherjournal.org.
- https://gardenandgun.com/feature/the-hen-that-rules-the-woods/?fbclid=IwAR2MUZB-mL--QWMWH2Vhu8N3-lkL6YfEMOhKCEL4ijWJvvuSorUaSRwPJAA
- https://gardenandgun.com/feature/dreaming-monster-fish
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/magazine/gun-culture-is-my-culture-and-i-fear-for-what-it-has-become.html
- http://gardenandgun.com/articles/mutually-reclusive/
- http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/November-2017/Essay-A-Charlotte-Native-Remembers-Fish-Camps/
- "Digging in the Trash". THE BITTER SOUTHERNER.
- Joy, David. "On Darkness: Why I Write the Stories I Do by David Joy". www.criminalelement.com.
- Abrams, David (6 March 2017). "My First Time: David Joy".
- "Essay: My Privilege, Our Problem". charlottemagazine.com.
- Author, Kim Michele Richardson (23 June 2016). "One Place misUnderstood - Huffington Post". huffingtonpost.com.
- "One Place misUnderstood". writersbone.com.
- "The Last Hot Dog I Ever Ate". charlottemagazine.com.
- "The Man Who Carried Snakes -". goodmenproject.com. 15 August 2015.
- "drafthorse - David Joy - The Long Row". lmunet.edu.
- "Creatures of fire". 1 June 2010.
- "Sound of silence". 1 January 2010.
- "Natives". 1 June 2009.
- http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.1/essay/DavidJoy.pdf
- Editions, Sonatine. "Là où les lumières se perdent - David Joy - SONATINE Editions". sonatine-editions.fr.
- http://www.sonatine-editions.fr/livres/Le-Poids-du-monde.asp
- https://www.polar-verlag.de/wo-alle-lichter-enden/
- https://www.rbalibros.com/serie-negra/ojo-por-ojo_5002
- https://www.lisez.com/ebook/ce-lien-entre-nous/9782355847509
- https://www.sfc.edu/news/news/details/~post/st-francis-college-announces-finalists-for-the-biennial-50000-sfc-literary-prize-20190815
- https://www.sibaweb.com/siba-book-award/690-the-2019-southern-book-prize-winners
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- "Authors 'Round the South - The Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize". authorsroundthesouth.com.
- "Orr, Ritchie to receive $1,500 Thomas Wolfe Award". citizen-times.com.
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- "Conservation Award Nominees".
- https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/no-room-for-the-lie/
- https://www.npr.org/2018/08/12/637551228/the-line-that-held-us-noir-in-appalachia
- http://www.wunc.org/post/looking-life-appalachia-through-noir-lens-0#stream/0
- https://pankmagazine.com/2017/09/19/appalachia-noir-fishing-interview-david-joy/
- https://www.npr.org/2017/07/23/538825520/digging-in-the-trash-how-poor-southerners-are-seen
- Hess, Scott Alexander (30 March 2017). "Author David Joy On Writing, Beauty and Controllably Losing Your Mind".
- Powers, Celeste Headlee, Sean. "Author David Joy Explores Trauma In Appalachia".
- "David Joy - North Avenue Lounge". northavenuelounge.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- "A Conversation with David Joy, Author of "The Weight of This World"". www.mysterytribune.com.
- "Entretien avec DAVID JOY " là où les lumières se perdent " chez Sonatine. – Nyctalopes". nyctalopes.com.
- Author, Mark Rubinstein; Tango", "The Lovers' (9 March 2015). "'Where All Light Tends to Go': A Talk With David Joy - Huffington Post". huffingtonpost.com.
- "David Joy - Kirkus Reviews". kirkusreviews.com.
- "Interview: David Joy - Appalachian Heritage". appalachianheritage.net.
- "Allen Mendenhall Interviews David Joy, Author of Where All Light Tends to Go - Southern Literary Review". southernlitreview.com. 3 March 2015.
- "An Interview with David Joy". wataugademocrat.com.
- "Country Discomfort: Author David Joy On Appalachian Noir and His Debut Novel". writersbone.com.
- "Getting Lit: Round 2 with David Joy". entropymag.org.
- "Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - David Joy "Where All Light Tends to Go"". largeheartedboy.com.
- "On Digging Clay, Selling Meth, and Paternal Domination". chapter16.org.
- Judge, Laura Lee, Phoebe. "David Joy's 'Where All Light Tends To Go'". wunc.org.
- Woodward, Garret K. "The Joy of Self-Destruction: WNC writer releases debut novel". smokymountainnews.com.
- "Neufeld: Outlaw tale is a modern Cashiers catastrophe". citizen-times.com.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN3AUiUqfCo
- Bookmark with Don Noble (20 March 2017). "Bookmark David Joy" – via YouTube.
- "Books & Co. - David Joy - Arizona PBS". azpbs.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-10-11.