Jay Busbee

Busbee was raised in Atlanta, GA. He graduated from Riverwood High School in 1986, is a 1990 graduate of the College of William & Mary's English program and a 1996 graduate of the University of Memphis’s Creative Writing MFA program. He lives in Atlanta with his family.

Busbee's work has appeared in ESPN.com,[1] Esquire Magazine,[2] USA Today,[3] The Washington Post, Atlanta Magazine,[4] Slam Magazine, The Chicago Sports Review,[5] Memphis Magazine,[6] 64, Bluff Magazine,[7] Mid-South Sports and Leisure,[8] The Flat Hat,[9] The Memphis Flyer[10] and many other publications. Jay Busbee is the creator and head writer for Sports Gone South.[11]

He is a contributing editor of Atlanta magazine, and also writes the monthly "Painting the Corners" column for ChopTalk, the official Atlanta Braves magazine.[12] He has scripted comic books published by Arcana Studio and Digital Webbing. He has also written the books The Face of the River,[13] Sundown[14] and Bluff City.[15] He has also co-written Jam! Amp Your Team, Rock Your Business[16] and the comic books Velvet Rope[17] and Kade: Rising Sun.[18] He contributed the third story of the book Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened.[19]

On February 16, 2016, Busbee published Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family.[20]

He has appeared in The People Vs. Larry Flynt, and continues to teach English at Georgia Perimeter College.[21]

Busbee currently edits From the Marbles,[22] the official Yahoo! Sports NASCAR blog, and Devil Ball Golf,[23] the official Yahoo! Sports golf blog. He also contributes to The Post Game.[24]

He is currently writing another novel called Run & Shoot.[25]