Jack Random

Author's Bio

Jack Random (aka Ray Miller) is a writer of political commentaries and works of fiction. He is currently in the process of rewriting a nonlinear novel about surviving Hard Times. He is a columnist for the National Free Press - World Edition.

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Jazzman Chronicles, Volume II: The War Chronicles (Crow Dog Press, 2004), Jazzman Chronicles Vol. 1 (Crow Dog Press, 2003), The Ghost Dance Insurrection (Dry Bones Press, 2000)

Journals:

AIM Quarterly, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Lynx Eye, Mobius

Prizes:

Semi-Finalist Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2009

Jack Random Resume

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Favorite Books:

One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Road, Down and Out in London and Paris, Brave New World, Naked Lunch, The Grapes of Wrath.

Favorite Authors:

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cormac McCarthy, George Orwell, Aldus Huxley, Hunter Thompson, William Burroughs, John Steinbeck.

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Listing last updated: July 25, 2009

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Mixed Race

Born in:

Stockton, CA

Raised in:

Modesto, CA