James Snowden

Author's Bio

Jim Snowden is an award-winning writer, editor and educator who lives in the Seattle area. His passion is telling stories about people who find that the rules they've lived by are turning against them. Jim received his MFA from the University of Washington in 2004, where he won the David Guterson award for his work on Dismantle the Sun. He also runs a small press, MMIP Books, which published its first short story collection, Coming Unglued: Six Stories About Things Falling Apart, in May of 2011. Its next collection, Blood Promises, And Other Commitments will be out in October of 2012.

Publications and Prizes

Journals:

MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine, Mind in Motion, Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, Seattle Review, The King's English

Prizes:

David Guterson Prize Million Writers Award for Best Novella

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

Nixonland by Rick Perlstein, The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes

Favorite Books:

Mother Night Lolita The Trial Mrs. Dalloway

Favorite Authors:

Virginia Woolf Kurt Vonnegut Franz Kafka Richard Wright

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Listing last updated: March 11, 2013

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Mixed Race

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Santa Monica, CA