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American novelist and short-story writer (born 1983)
David Joy (born December 11, 1983) is an American novelist
[2] and short-story writer.
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 .
His novel Where All Light Tends to Go will be made into a film directed by Ben Young and starring
Billy Bob Thornton and
Robin Wright .
[10]
[11]
Personal life
He lives in the Little Canada community of
Jackson County, North Carolina .
[12]
List of works
Novels
Nonfiction
Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey (2011)
[7]
Gather At The River: Twenty-Five Authors On Fishing Eds. David Joy and Eric Rickstad (2019)
[16]
Short stories
“Stink Bait.” Writer's Bone (March 10, 2016).
[17]
“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.
[18]
“What Cannot Be Carried Alone.” Still: The Journal , Issue 18 (Spring 2015).
[19]
“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).
[20]
Essays
“Song Of The Woods.”
Garden & Gun (June/July 2022): 128-133.
[21]
"Light In The Dark."
Garden & Gun (Oct./Nov. 2021): 116-119.
[22]
“Boss Hen.”
Garden & Gun (Oct./Nov. 2020): 106-109.
[23]
“Dreaming Of Monster Fish.”
Garden & Gun (June/July 2019): 114–121.
[24]
"Hunting Camp."
Time (August 6, 2018).
[9]
"At The Crossroads.
The New York Times Magazine (April 8, 2018): 48–53.
[25]
"Good Dog: Mutually Reclusive."
Garden & Gun (Dec. 2017/Jan. 2018): 87–90.
[26]
"A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps." Charlotte Magazine (November 2017): 54–59.
[27]
"Digging In The Trash."
The Bitter Southerner . 2 May 2017.
[28]
“On Darkness." Criminal Element . 13 March 2017.
[29]
“This Caravan Rolls On." The Quivering Pen . 6 March 2017.
[30]
“My Privilege, Our Problem." Charlotte Magazine . 22 Sept. 2016.
[31]
“One Place misUnderstood.”
The Huffington Post (reprint). 23 June 2016.
[32]
“One Place misUnderstood.” Writer’s Bone . 21 June 2016.
[33]
“The Last Hotdog I Ever Ate.” Charlotte Magazine (October 2015): 37–40.
[34]
“The Man Who Carried Snakes.” The Good Men Project . 15 August 2015.
[35]
“The Long Row.” Drafthorse Literary Journa l 1.2 (Summer 2012).
[36]
“Creatures of Fire.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.3 (Summer 2010): 44–47.
[37]
“Sound of Silence.” Smoky Mountain Living 10.1 (Winter 2010): 42–45.
[38]
“Native.” Smoky Mountain Living 9.4 (Summer 2009): 54–56.
[39]
“Breaking in the Cork.”
Wilderness House Literary Review 4.1 (Spring 2009): 1–9.
[40]
“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)
[41]
Le Poids du monde . France: Sonatine Editions, 2018. (French; first edition)
[42]
Wo Alle Lichter Enden . Germany: Polar Verlag, 2019. (German; first edition)
[43]
Ojo Por Ojo . Spain: RBA Libros, 2020. (Spanish; first edition)
[44]
Ce Lien Entre Nous . France: Sonatine Editions, 2020. (French; first edition)
[45]
Nos Vies En Flammes . France: Sonatine Editions, 2022. (French; first edition)
[46]
Queste Montagne Bruciano . Italy: Jimenez, 2022.(Italian, first edition)
[47]
Montañas En Llamas . Spain: RBA Libros, 2022. (Spanish; first edition)
[48]
Dove Tende La Luce . Italy: Jimenez, 2023.(Italian, first edition)
[49]
Awards
2023 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction
[50]
2023 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award
[51]
2022 Prix Saint-Maur En Poche du Roman Étranger (Ce Lien Entre Nous)
[52]
2020 Dashiell
Hammett Prize for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing (When These Mountains Burn)
[6]
2019
St. Francis College Literary Prize Finalist (The Line That Held Us)
[53]
2019 Southern Book Prize (The Line That Held Us)
[54]
2018 WCSA Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing (The Weight Of This World)
[55]
2017 Le Prix du Balai de Bronze for Là Où Les Lumières Se Perdent (Where All Light Tends To Go)
[56]
2017
International Dublin Literary Award Longlist for Where All Light Tends To Go'
[57]
2016
Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel
[1]
2016
Macavity Awards Finalist for Best First Novel
[58]
2015 SIBA Pat Conroy Book Award Finalist, The Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize
[59]
2015 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Finalist
[60]
2012 Ragan Old North State Award Finalist
[61]
2012 Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist
2011 Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Award Finalist
[62]
Interviews
Interviews with the author.
Salvation South (July 27, 2023)
[63]
Los Angeles Review of Books (September 24, 2018)
[64]
NPR
Weekend Edition with
Lulu Garcia-Navarro (August 12, 2018)
[65]
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio's "The State Of Things" with
Frank Stasio (August 10, 2018)
[66]
PANK Magazine (September 19, 2017)
[67]
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday with
Lulu Garcia-Navarro (July 23, 2017)
[68]
The Huffington Post (March 30, 2017)
[69]
Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought" (March 13, 2017)
[70]
WREK 91.1 Atlanta's "North Avenue Lounge" (March 13, 2017)
[71]
Mystery Tribune (Feb. 17, 2017)
[72]
Nyctalopes (Sept. 26, 2016)
[73]
Huffington Post (March 9, 2015)
[74]
Kirkus Reviews (March 6, 2015)
[75]
Appalachian Heritage (Feb. 6, 2015)
[76]
Southern Literary Review (March 3, 2015)
[77]
Watauga Democrat (Feb. 11, 2015)
[78]
Writer's Bone (March 3, 2015)
[79]
Entropy Magazine (March 1, 2015)
[80]
Largehearted Boy (March 3, 2015)
[81]
Chapter 16 (April 22, 2015)
[82]
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio (March 11, 2015)
[83]
Smoky Mountain News (March 3, 2015)
[84]
Citizen Times (Feb. 28, 2015)
[85]
Television appearances
France 5 , "La Grande Librairie," (September 23, 2020)
[86]
University of Delaware 's National Agenda Series, "As We Stand Divided" (September 20, 2017)
[87]
Alabama Public Television, "Book Mark" (March 7, 2017)
[88]
Arizona PBS, "Books & Co." (May 21, 2015)
[89]
References
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"When These Mountains Burn by David Joy: 9780525536888 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books" .
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"Growing Gills" . blairpub.com . Archived from
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"Memories from the South: Hunting Camp" . 26 July 2018.
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"Flycatcher" . flycatcherjournal.org .
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"Quiet in the Woods" .
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"Finding Flounder and Family" .
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"The Hen That Rules the Woods" .
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"Dreaming of Monster Fish" .
^ Joy, David (2 April 2018).
"Gun Culture is My Culture. And I Fear for What It Has Become" . The New York Times .
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"Mutually Reclusive" . 6 December 2017.
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"Essay: A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps" . 23 October 2017.
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"Digging in the Trash" . THE BITTER SOUTHERNER .
^ Joy, David (13 March 2017).
"On Darkness: Why I Write the Stories I Do by David Joy" . Criminal Element .
^ Abrams, David (6 March 2017).
"My First Time: David Joy" .
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"Essay: My Privilege, Our Problem" . charlottemagazine.com . 22 September 2016.
^ Richardson, Kim Michele (23 June 2016).
"One Place misUnderstood - Huffington Post" . huffingtonpost.com .
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"One Place misUnderstood" . writersbone.com . 21 June 2016.
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"The Last Hot Dog I Ever Ate" . charlottemagazine.com . 22 September 2015.
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"The Man Who Carried Snakes -" . goodmenproject.com . 15 August 2015.
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"drafthorse - David Joy - The Long Row" . lmunet.edu . Archived from
the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11 .
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"Creatures of fire" . 1 June 2010.
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"Sound of silence" . 1 January 2010.
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"Natives" . 1 June 2009.
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http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.1/essay/DavidJoy.pdf [
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"Le Poids du monde - David Joy | SONATINE Editions" . Archived from
the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-01-16 .
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https://www.polar-verlag.de/wo-alle-lichter-enden/ [
dead link ]
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"Ojo por ojo" . 8 February 2020.
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Ce lien entre nous | Lisez! .
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Nos vies en flammes | Lisez! .
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"Queste montagne bruciano, David Joy per la prima volta nelle librerie italiane" . 14 February 2022.
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"Montañas en llamas" . 12 July 2022.
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"David Joy - Dove tende la luce" . 31 January 2023.
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https://www.williemorrisawards.org/winners
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https://mountainx.com/blogwire/asheville-museum-of-history-announces-thomas-wolfe-memorial-literary-award-winner/
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"Over the hills and far away: Jackson County author wins French literary award" .
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"St. Francis College Announces Finalists for the Biennial $50,000 SFC Literary Prize | Details" . Archived from
the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-08-15 .
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"The 2019 Southern Book Prize Winners" . Archived from
the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-02-14 .
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"Home" . wcstudiesassociation.wordpress.com .
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"Le concierge masqué » Remise du Prix du Balai d'OR 2017" . Archived from
the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2017-11-08 .
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"42 American novels on the 2017 longlist - International DUBLIN Literary Award" . www.dublinliteraryaward.ie .
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"Macavity Awards :: Mystery Readers International" . mysteryreaders.org .
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"Authors 'Round the South - The Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize" . authorsroundthesouth.com . Archived from
the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-11 .
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"Orr, Ritchie to receive $1,500 Thomas Wolfe Award" . citizen-times.com .
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"Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from
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"Conservation Award Nominees" .
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"Made You Look" . 27 July 2023.
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"Los Angeles Review of Books" . 24 September 2018.
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" 'The Line That Held Us': Noir in Appalachia" . NPR.org .
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"Looking at the Life of Appalachia Through a Noir Lens" .
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"Appalachia, noir, and fishing: An interview with David Joy" . 19 September 2017.
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" 'Digging in the Trash': How Poor Southerners Are Seen" . NPR.org .
^ Hess, Scott Alexander (30 March 2017).
"Author David Joy On Writing, Beauty and Controllably Losing Your Mind" .
HuffPost .
^ Powers, Celeste Headlee, Sean.
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"David Joy - North Avenue Lounge" . northavenuelounge.com . Archived from
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"A Conversation with David Joy, Author of "The Weight of This World" " . www.mysterytribune.com . 17 February 2017.
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"Entretien avec DAVID JOY " là où les lumières se perdent " chez Sonatine. – Nyctalopes" . nyctalopes.com . 26 September 2016.
^ Author, Mark Rubinstein; Tango", The Lovers (9 March 2015).
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"On Digging Clay, Selling Meth, and Paternal Domination" . chapter16.org . 22 April 2015.
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"Neufeld: Outlaw tale is a modern Cashiers catastrophe" . citizen-times.com .
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