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David Joy (author)
American novelist and short-story writer (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Joy (born December 11, 1983) is an American novelist[2] and short-story writer.
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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.
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]
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Personal life
He lives in the Little Canada community of Jackson County, North Carolina.[12]
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)[13]
- The Line That Held Us (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018)[14]
- When These Mountains Burn (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020)[6]
- Those We Thought We Knew (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2023)[15]
Nonfiction
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 Journal 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]
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Awards
- 2024 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction[15]
- 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]
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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]
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Television appearances
References
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