Born and raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier, California, Andrew Roe has had his fiction published in "Tin House, One Story, "the "Sun, Glimmer Train, The Cincinnati Review, Slice, Pank, Avery Anthology, Gigantic, Freight Stories, Failbetter, " the "Good Men Project, " and other literary magazines, as well as the anthologies "Where Love Is Found "and "24 Bar Blues." His nonfiction has appeared in the "New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, " Salon.com, "SF Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian, " and elsewhere. An alumnus of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and "Tin House" Writer s Workshop, he has received scholarships from the Getty Foundation and the San Francisco Foundation. Three of his short stories were performed by actors as part of the New Short Fiction Series, LA s longest running spoken word series. Dan Chaon selected his story Job History for the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2012, and he has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times, including a "One Story "nomination for his story America s Finest City. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in English/creative writing from San Diego State University, and a master of arts degree in literature from San Francisco State University. For over twenty years, he has worked as a writer and editor in the publishing and software industries. A member of PEN Center USA, he currently lives in Oceanside, California, with his wife and three children.
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A multi-faceted, multi-voiced debut novel that is at the same time personal and heartfelt-chronicling a family in flux, trying to find their individual and collective way-and also tells a larger, cultural story, one of our time, of how we live and hope an... SEE MORE